Navy and Marines celebrate 250th birthday with parade in Philadelphia

Name: Navy and Marines celebrate 250th birthday with parade in Philadelphia
Uploaded: 2025-10-14T07:27:48.521Z
Duration: 2 min 32 s
Channel: 6abc Philadelphia
Description: The Navy and Marines celebrated with a parade that put the branches front and center along Independence Mall on Market Street.

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The Navy and Marines celebrated with a parade that put the branches front and center along Independence Mall on Market Street.

T DEBATE CAN ONLY HAPPEN AFTER THE GOVERNMENT REOPENS. >> TODAY, THE U.S. NAVY CELEBRATED ITS 250TH BIRTHDAY RIGHT HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. MORE THAN 7000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN A FESTIVE PARADE, AND IT ALL AIRED ON 6 ABC. THERE WERE COLORFUL FLOATS, MARCHING BANDS, AND QUITE A BIT OF PRIDE, ALL TO SALUTE THOSE WHO SERVE IN THE MILITARY. ACTION NEWS REPORTER RHONDA THOMAS IS LIVE FOR US NOW ALONG INDEPENDENCE MALL TO RHONDA. YOU TALKED TO SOME OF THOSE SPECTATORS TODAY, AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE FOR ALL THE ACTION. >> IT WAS SO FANTASTIC, SHARI. THE CROWD WAS LINED UP HERE ALONG MARKET STREET TO CELEBRATE THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE U.S. NAVY AND THE U.S. MARINE CORPS. THERE WERE MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO THIS PARADE, INCLUDING HISTORIC GROUPS, MARCHING BANDS, AND SO MUCH MORE. >> IT IS A GREAT VIBE AND PHILADELPHIA IS AN AMAZING CITY. >> IT'S ALSO THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE U.S. NAVY AND THE MARINE CORPS, SO IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT BOTH BRANCHES CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS HERE. >> EVERYONE OUT HERE IS JUST I LOVE IT. IT'S MAKING ME FEEL AT HOME. >> AND I'M GLAD THAT I SERVED THIS GREAT NATION OF OURS. WE GOT THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. >> THE PARADE IS PART OF A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION ORGANIZED BY THE NONPROFIT HOMECOMING 250. >> IT TOOK FIVE YEARS OF EFFORT AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND LOTS OF SUPPORTERS. >> SEEING THE CELEBRATION AND APPRECIATION OF AMERICA'S MILITARY ON SUCH A GRAND SCALE IS ENOUGH TO MAKE SOME VETERANS EMOTIONAL. >> SO MANY PEOPLE THANK US. IT JUST CHOKES YOU UP. >> THE PARADE ALSO FEATURED THE FUTURE OF AMERICA'S MILITARY. YOUNG PEOPLE ALREADY INSPIRED TO SERVE. >> IT'S REALLY COOL. WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO BE IN THE MILITARY. HOPEFULLY EITHER THE NAVY OR MARINES I. >> WANT TO FOLLOW IN MY DAD'S FOOTSTEPS AND EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO BECOME A CHIEF MA'AM. >> FOR JEANNETTE LEWIS, THE PARADE ALLOWS HER TO SHARE WITH HER SONS HER LEGACY AS A NAVY VETERAN AND AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY BAND. >> I HOPE THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NAVY DOES, WHAT NAVY MUSIC DOES. >> CELEBRATING AND WITNESSING HISTORY. AS THE MARINE CORPS AND NAVY CELEBRATE THEIR 250TH BIRTHDAYS. >> TO REMIND US WHAT UNITES US. >> ABSOLUTELY. NOW THE CELEBRATION CULMINATES WITH A FIREWORKS SHOW OVER THE DELAWARE RIVER ON WEDNESDAY, AND THEN THEY HAVE A BIG SENDOFF FOR ALL THE SHIPS ON THURSDAY. WE'RE LIVE ALONG INDEPENDENCE MALL, TORONTO.