The Cherry Blossom Festival will honor U.S. military veterans during the Cherry Blossom Veterans Day Parade scheduled for Sunday, November 5th at 3 p.m. in Downtown Macon.

The parade's will follow a different route from past years and will start at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Cherry Street, turn onto Second Street, and finally end on Mulberry Street.

This year's parade will include an exciting flyover of a McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft from nearby Robins Air Force Base. The parade will also include marching bands, patriotic floats, and marching military units, according to the Cherry Blossom Festival's Facebook page.

An F-15 from the 71st Fighter Squadron flying high (Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia.com)

The Cherry Blossom Veterans Day Parade is free to attend. Visit the website and Facebook page of the Cherry Blossom Festival for more information regarding this event.