Rift Mended On Veterans In Parade

Rogers.

The first section of the parade will be a historical pageant.

Exactly what kind of vehicles the veterans will use has not yet been determined, Rogers said.

Other disabled veterans will ride in electric-powered vehicles along with other veterans near the beginning of the third section of the parade, dubbed the "Parade of America's People."

Veterans' participation in the parade became controversial last month when Rein said that disabled veterans would not be allowed in the parade honoring the 200th birthday of the U.S. Constitution.

However, We the People executive director Fred M. Stein said that disabled veterans were never excluded. Gasoline-powered vehicles were excluded from the third section of the parade, not disabled veterans, Stein said. Organizers said that battery-powered and electric-powered vehicles would be safer in the third section, which will include 13,000 of the 20,000 people expected to participate in the parade.

"All the veterans are very satisfied with what was worked out," Rein said. "Whatever happened prior to the meeting (with Rouse) is of no more concern to anybody." About 1,000 veterans will be in the parade, he said.