The National Veterans Day Parade featured military marching bands that included the National Guard Band, Navy Band, U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and the 3rd Army Fife and Drug Corps. Several high school and college bands from across the nation also participated.

Three World War II veterans were honored at a ceremony marking 20 years since the opening of the WWII Memorial.

Veterans and their families were honored Monday at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. in recognition of Veterans Day.

“You’re seen, you’re honored, you’re appreciated,” Jeff Reinbold, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said to the more than 200 visitors at the start of the 90-minute ceremony at the memorial, the most visited war monument on the mall.

Three Vietnam War veterans talk about their war experiences, what they felt when they returned from service, and the decades it took to be recognized.