CAPE MAY – Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to host its second Sunset Parade of 2014, which will honor Coast Guard Combat veterans, and the Marine Corps League July 6 at 8 p.m.
Sunset Parades are military displays of marching troops and the Coast Guard Recruit Precision Drill Team. More than 250 recruits will march in the parade and strike the National Ensign from the Parade Field at sunset.
The gates of Training Center Cape May will open at 7 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to use this time for security screening, parking and seating. Guests should plan on being seated by 7:40 p.m. Sunset Parades are exciting and fun for the entire family; however, children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the ceremony.
The Coast Guard Recruit Precision Drill Team is the U.S. military’s only recruit precision drill team, and their performances include spinning rifles, complex facing and drill movements and dangerous rifle tossing routines. The group performs their complicated and precarious routines without verbal commands or cues.
Visitors should expect increased security screening for the event, and guests are not permitted to bring bags of any kind to the seating area including purses, camera bags and backpacks. Photography is permitted and encouraged, but cameras must be removed from their bag prior to arriving at the seating area. Guests are encouraged to leave bags in their vehicles during the parade.
In the event of inclement weather, visitors may call Training Center Cape May’s base information line at (609) 898-6700 for cancellation information.
Please visit http://www.uscg.mil/hq/capemay/PublicAffairs/SunsetParade.asp for the 2014 Sunset Parade schedule.
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