Armed Forces Day marked with family event
The festivities at West Park to mark Armed Forces Day run from noon to 16:00 BST on Saturday 28 June.
Serving personnel, cadets and veterans from the city's Freedom Units will march in a parade on the day.
Craig Collingswood, Wolverhampton's mayor, said the city has a "special relationship" with the armed forces, "as do I with my son serving in the British Army".
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