WET Soggy day for S.F.'s Veterans Day parade!

For the first time, the Gay Freedom Day Marching Band led the San Francisco Veterans parade, which also included Girl Scouts and high school ROTC students, Reports the SF Chronicle.
The parade attracted only a handful of spectators as it wound up Market Street and over to City Hall. Parade Marshal Chairman Glen Raswyck said it was the first time the parade had been held on a weekday.

Passers-by stopped to look and clap for the line of cars, high school bands and veterans.

Jeremy George, who recently moved to the United States, came to Market Street dressed in the blue uniform of the British Royal Air Force Police, in which he served for several years. "I thought I'd come down and pay my respects," he said, adding that he hoped to join the parade.

Veterans from World War II through the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan participated, and newly elected Mayor Ed Lee strolled along the route, waving to the crowds who clapped as he passed.