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Seems we already have a traditional National Veteran’s Day Parade.

In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. Armistice Day was set aside to honor veterans of World War I. But after World War II required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen in the nation’s history, a World War II veteran from Birmingham named Raymond Weeks had an idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans. In 1947 he led a delegation to Washington, D.C. to urge then-Army Chief of Staff General Dwight Eisenhower to create a national holiday that honored all veterans. In 1954, President Eisenhower signed legislation establishing November 11th as Veterans Day. President Reagan honored Weeks as the driving force for the national holiday with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 at the White House. Weeks led the first National Veterans Day Parade in 1947 in Alabama, and he continued the tradition until his passing in 1985.

"Seems we already have a traditional National Veteran’s Day Parade."

The article you cited notes a Veterans Day Parade in Alabama. Yes, we have lots of veterans day parades throughout the country on November 11th. Here in Pittsburgh we have one. I'm referring to (and I believe President Trump may be referring to) a national Parade held in Washington DC and on veterans day. We don't have that as far as I know. Usually veterans day in Washington D.C. has a commemorative wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown soldier, but no parade.

He's talking about the kind of parades that were held at the end of WWII and the first Gulf War in New York City with ticker tape etc... A chance for the country to show its support for veterans and the military.