San Antonio is preparing to honor its veterans this Saturday, Nov. 8, as the city’s annual Veterans Day Parade marches down Houston Street. However, the celebration will look a little different this year.

Organizers say about 50 active-duty service members from the U.S. Army and Navy, traditionally a large and visible part of the procession, will be absent after those units were forced to cancel their participation due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Despite the missing troops, parade organizers say the event will proceed as planned, with roughly 90 entries lined up, including high school bands, floats, equestrian groups and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations.

New this year is the inaugural Veterans 5K run. The race begins at 10:30 a.m. and follows the same route as the

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