Honor our veterans downtown.
Join us as we support our veterans.
Join us in honoring our local heroes and their families at the annual Veterans Day Parade. Join us as we pay tribute to the courage and service of our veterans. Let’s gather in gratitude and show our support!
Thank you to the City of Walla Walla, the City of College Place, The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation, and Moreno & Castillo Construction for sponsoring this amazing community event!
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact cindy@downtownwallawalla.com.
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Event Details
Join the Parade.
Clubs, churches, schools, businesses and individuals are invited to honor veterans at the annual Veterans Day Parade. Held on Veterans Day, this event features a huge variety of entries, and hundreds of viewers. Volunteers hang signs along the parade route, mark the staging area, and help wrangle the floats into place before the parade.
Parade Details
Your parade entry will be assigned a number based on receipt of your application.
The Downtown Foundation reserves the right to move or alter the parade order, as needed, to accommodate any special circumstances.
A message with a list of the floats and entry numbers will be emailed no later than Thursday before the parade. This email will include details as to the lineup, staging area and awards.
Staging & Route
Staging opens at 9:30 a.m. The parade begins at 11:11 a.m.
The staging area is Alder Street between and including fifth through eighth streets.
From the staging area on Alder street, go East on Alder street, left on Spokane Street, left on Main Street, Continue through Sixth Street where the parade will disperse. You may not go back to the original staging area. Please make prior arrangements for pick-up after the parade. And, please do not park in the Herring Funeral Home.
Code of Conduct
Use and/or possession of alcoholic beverages or illegal substances are forbidden. If intoxicated you will be asked to immediately leave the parade and will not be allowed to participate in the future.
Respect of all entrants is required. Any unruly behavior or harassment of other parade participants is grounds for immediate removal from the parade.
Rules
If you are planning on passing out candy or handouts, you must have a volunteer walking beside the float and handing them out. NO THROWING OF CANDY is allowed in the parade. If this rule is broken you will not be allowed to participate in the parade next year.
All entries must honor veterans.
Vehicular entries are limited to one vehicle pulling a standard trailer. All other vehicle entries must be approved by the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation.
Equestrian participants are required to clean up all manure from the staging area and parade route.
All entries must be able to negotiate a left turn onto Spokane and Main Streets street without running up on the curb.
Have FUN, be creative and show your support and love to our local Veterans and their families!