Baltimore City Veterans Day Parade will honor our nation’s heroes. Parade Grand Marshal is Adjutant General Janeen Birckhead, the leader of Maryland’s military and the only African-American woman leading a state military in the nation. The 1-mile parade travels south on Charles St to Baltimore St. to Gay St. to War Memorial Plaza. A wreath laying at the Black Soldiers Memorial immediately after the parade. Free parking at the Lexington St. Parking Garage, 510 E. Lexington St. Parade is rain or shine.