Italian Front Project Marches for Veterans Day NYC 2024

The Royal Sussex Society's partner organization, the Italian Front Project, consists of many Royal Sussex Society members, representing Italian and British forces on the Italian front in the Great War. This year, the IFP made its debut at the NYC Veterans Day Parade in New York City, representing a variety of Italian forces, the Royal Sussex Regiment, our British Red Cross VAD, as well as being joined by a French colonial soldier and a civilian. The parade route took us from 24th Street and 6th Avenue onto 5th Ave, and up until 47th Street. This was about a mile and a third, and our international section marched behind the East Coast Doughboys. The ECD was led by the Doughboy Band, so we had a fantastic First World War historic representation at the parade which was started in 1919 to honor Great War veterans. God Save the King! Avanti Savoia!