Retired Army General Larry Ellis will be the Grand Marshal of this weekend's Baltimore City Veterans Day Parade.

Ellis is a native of Cambridge, Maryland, and was the first African-American four-star general to have graduated from Morgan State University.

The parade begins at noon on Saturday, Nov. 8, from the Washington Monument in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood. WJZ is the proud media sponsor and will stream the parade live here .

Journey started at Morgan State

With well over three decades of experience in the military, Ellis's impact stretches far beyond the front lines.

"My journey, my veteran journey, started at Morgan State University in Baltimore," Ellis told WJZ.

Ellis was born in Maryland, but now he lives in Atlanta. He graduated from Morgan State, one of the only

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