NEW YORK CITY—The Epoch Times went to the New York City Veterans Day Parade to ask participants about their connections to veterans and the armed forces.
John Shaughnessy, a bagpiper in the New York State Police Pipe Band, talked about his veteran father. “I don’t know a lot of the stories. He can’t really share them. He’s a combat veteran, a bronze star recipient. There’s a lot of harrowing experiences in Vietnam, so he doesn’t speak about a lot of that stuff.”
Although he did not serve, Shaughnessy said that others in his band had….