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Faithful but fewer

Veterans Day parade draws smaller crowd, fewer marchers in Hub

Members of the East Boston Army JROTC Clipper Battalion marched along Tremont Street yesterday in a Veterans Day parade in Boston. Members of the East Boston Army JROTC Clipper Battalion marched along Tremont Street yesterday in a Veterans Day parade in Boston. (Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan)
By Brian MacQuarrie
Globe Staff / November 12, 2008

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The holiday used to be called Armistice Day, and its countless parades paid a star-spangled tribute on Nov. 11 to the recent veterans of World War I, the "war to end all wars." (Full article: 775 words)

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