Salute to Israel Parade 2008 Co-Executive Director Jonathan Leader notes the special tie this year with Israel's 60th anniversary.

Actor Richard Kind, one of the parade's Grand Marshalls, left a film set on the West Coast to help celebrate and salute Israel at 60.

Israeli Firefighter Yigal Ben-Abu marches in his first-ever Salute to Israel Parade and is overwhelmed by the level of US support.

Popular actress Valerie Harper, beloved for her television role as Rhoda, and now starring in "Golda's Balcony," expresses her Zionism.

Young Jewish leader David Borowich took a moment in the middle of the parade to propose to (his now fiancee) Sivan Achor, from Israel.

Thousands of marchers and a reported one million spectators lined Fifth Avenue in NYC as part of the annual showcase of solidarity.