On November 10, 2012, thousands of Los Angeles residents came out the the Port of Los Angeles in recognition and celebration of Veterans. The celebration, put on by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and over one hundred and fifty veteran groups in Los Angeles County, included free hot dogs, chips, popcorn and shaved ice as well as a collaboration of music groups for all to enjoy and free tours of the USS Iowa Battleship, that was brought to Los Angeles’ port at the beginning of the summer.
Villaraigosa said, “the celebration was the first, but it certainly will not be the last.”