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lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Paraad" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desfile" title="Desfile – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Desfile" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parado" title="Parado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Parado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desfile" title="Desfile – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Desfile" data-language-autonym="Euskara" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Парад – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Парад" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompa" title="Pompa – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Pompa" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Парада – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Парада" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optocht" title="Optocht – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Optocht" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" title="パレード – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="パレード" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opptog" title="Opptog – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Opptog" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually some variety of <a href="/wiki/Celebration_(party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebration (party)">celebration</a>. </p><p>The term "parade" may also be used for multiple different subjects; for example, in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a>, "parade" is used both to describe the procession and in other informal connotations.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Protest" title="Protest">Protest</a> <a href="/wiki/Demonstration_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demonstration (people)">demonstrations</a> can also take the form of a parade, but such cases are usually referred to as a march instead. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Federation_Parade,_Sydney_032050.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Federation_Parade%2C_Sydney_032050.jpg/250px-Federation_Parade%2C_Sydney_032050.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Federation_Parade%2C_Sydney_032050.jpg/330px-Federation_Parade%2C_Sydney_032050.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Federation_Parade%2C_Sydney_032050.jpg/500px-Federation_Parade%2C_Sydney_032050.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="568" /></a><figcaption>A parade in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> to celebrate the <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Australia" title="Federation of Australia">Federation of Australia</a> in January 1901</figcaption></figure><p>The first parades date back to <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2000 BC</span>, only being used for religious or military purposes. The <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonians</a> celebrated <a href="/wiki/Akitu" title="Akitu">Akitu</a> by parading their deities and performing rituals.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To celebrate the federal government's victory in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, 145,000 <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> soldiers marched in a two-day <a href="/wiki/Grand_Review_of_the_Armies" title="Grand Review of the Armies">Grand Review of the Armies</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C.,_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War">Washington, D.C.</a> They passed before the President, the Cabinet, and senior officers from May 23–24, 1865. </p><p>At the end of hostilities in Europe in 1944–45, "victory parades" were a common feature throughout the recently liberated territories. For example, on 3 September 1944, the personnel of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Canadian_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Canadian Infantry Division">2nd Canadian Infantry Division</a> marched six abreast to the music of massed regimental pipe and drum bands through the streets of <a href="/wiki/Dieppe,_Seine-Maritime" class="mw-redirect" title="Dieppe, Seine-Maritime">Dieppe</a>, France, to commemorate the liberation of the city from German occupation, as well as commemorate the loss of over 900 soldiers from that formation during the <a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe Raid</a> two years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Victory_Parade_of_1945" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow Victory Parade of 1945">Moscow Victory Parade of 1945</a> held in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in June 1945, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> commemorated <a href="/wiki/VE-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="VE-Day">Victory in Europe</a> with a parade and the ceremonial destruction of captured <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waffen-SS" title="Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a> standards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parade_float">Parade float</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Parade float"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Float_(parade)" title="Float (parade)">Float (parade)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_(42077328930).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_%2842077328930%29.jpg/220px-Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_%2842077328930%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_%2842077328930%29.jpg/330px-Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_%2842077328930%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_%2842077328930%29.jpg/440px-Foundations_for_Our_Future_BYU_parade_float_%2842077328930%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2655" data-file-height="1465" /></a><figcaption>A parade float for <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young_University" title="Brigham Young University">Brigham Young University</a> in the Freedom Festival Grand Parade in <a href="/wiki/Provo,_Utah" title="Provo, Utah">Provo, Utah</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Parade_float" class="mw-redirect" title="Parade float">parade float</a> got its name because the first floats were decorated <a href="/wiki/Barge" title="Barge">barges</a> that were towed along the canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. Floats were occasionally propelled from within by concealed <a href="/wiki/Oar" title="Oar">oarsmen</a>, but the practice was abandoned because of the high incidence of <a href="/wiki/Drowning" title="Drowning">drowning</a> when the lightweight and unstable frames capsized. Strikingly, among the first uses of grounded floats – towed by <a href="/wiki/Horse-drawn_vehicle" title="Horse-drawn vehicle">horses</a> – was a ceremony in memory of recently drowned parade oarsmen.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Today, parade floats are traditionally pulled by <a href="/wiki/Motor_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor vehicles">motor vehicles</a> or are powered themselves. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parade_grand_marshals">Parade grand marshals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parade grand marshals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Multiple <a href="/wiki/Grand_marshal" title="Grand marshal">grand marshals</a> may often be designated for an iteration of the parade, and may or may not be in actual attendance due to circumstances (including death). A <i>community grand marshal</i> or other designations may be selected alongside a <i>grand marshal</i> to lead the front or other parts of the parade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_and_boats">Aircraft and boats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aircraft and boats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the advent of such technology, it became possible for aircraft and boats to parade. A <a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flypast</a> is an aerial parade of anything from one to dozens of aircraft, both in commercial context at <a href="/wiki/Airshows" class="mw-redirect" title="Airshows">airshows</a> and also to mark important dates, such as national days or significant anniversaries. They are particularly common in the United Kingdom, where they are often associated with Royal occasions. Similarly, for ships, there may be a sail-past of, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Tall_ship" title="Tall ship">tall ships</a> (as was seen during <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_200" class="mw-redirect" title="Trafalgar 200">Trafalgar 200</a>) or other sailing vessels as during the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Longest_parade">Longest parade</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Longest parade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The longest parade in the world is the <a href="/wiki/Hanover_Sch%C3%BCtzenfest" title="Hanover Schützenfest">Hanover Schützenfest</a> that takes place in <a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a> every year during the <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%BCtzenfest" title="Schützenfest">Schützenfest</a>. The parade is 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) long with more than 12,000 participants from all over the world, among them more than 100 bands and around 70 floats and carriages.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_parades">Types of parades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Types of parades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_(August,_10)_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%28August%2C_10%29_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg/220px-2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%28August%2C_10%29_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%28August%2C_10%29_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg/330px-2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%28August%2C_10%29_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%28August%2C_10%29_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg/440px-2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%28August%2C_10%29_by_Dmitry_Rozhkov_110.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics" title="2013 World Championships in Athletics">2013 World Championships in Athletics</a> Parade of Nations at the <a href="/wiki/Luzhniki_Stadium" title="Luzhniki Stadium">Luzhniki Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></figcaption></figure><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winterfest#Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida" title="Winterfest">Boat Parade</a> (Winterfest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">Carnival</a> parade</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalcade" title="Cavalcade">Cavalcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circus" title="Circus">Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electrical_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical Parade">Electrical Parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">Flypast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flower_parade" title="Flower parade">Flower parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halloween_parade" class="mw-redirect" title="Halloween parade">Halloween parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_parade" title="Military parade">Military parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorcade" title="Motorcade">Motorcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parade_of_horribles" title="Parade of horribles">Parade of horribles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parade_of_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="Parade of Nations">Parade of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">Pride parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus_parade" title="Santa Claus parade">Santa Claus parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technoparade" title="Technoparade">Technoparade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticker-tape_parade" title="Ticker-tape parade">Ticker-tape parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_parade" title="Victory parade">Victory parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_day" title="Walking day">Walking day</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_annual_event_parades">Examples of annual event parades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Examples of annual event parades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG/220px-Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG/330px-Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG/440px-Yonkers_Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_Parade.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yonkers_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Yonkers High School">Yonkers High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> students preparing for the <a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers</a> <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Day">St. Patrick's Day</a> Parade</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg/220px-2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg/330px-2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg/440px-2010._%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_374.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Carnival" title="Carnival">Carnival</a> parade in <a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg/250px-Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg/330px-Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg/500px-Chico_4th_of_July_Parade_2024-104A2396.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>4th of July Parade in <a href="/wiki/Chico,_California" title="Chico, California">Chico, California</a>, 2024</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115" /><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anheuser-Busch" title="Anheuser-Busch">Anheuser-Busch</a> Washington's Birthday Parade, held annually in <a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day_Military_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="Bastille Day Military Parade">Bastille Day Military Parade</a> - Held annually in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, France, in celebration of the <a href="/wiki/Bastille_Day" title="Bastille Day">Bastille Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Billiken_Parade_and_Picnic" title="Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic">Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic</a> - Second largest annual parade in the United States, held on the second Saturday in August in <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago, Illinois">Chicago, Illinois</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Stampede" title="Calgary Stampede">Calgary Stampede</a> Parade</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnaval_San_Francisco" title="Carnaval San Francisco">Carnaval San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnival_in_the_Netherlands" title="Carnival in the Netherlands">Carnival in the Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahlia" title="Dahlia">Dahlia</a> parade in <a href="/wiki/Zundert" title="Zundert">Zundert</a> always held on the first Sunday in September</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Days_of_%2747_Parade" title="Days of '47 Parade">Days of '47 Parade</a> in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Parks_Christmas_Day_Parade" title="Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade">Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_of_Shandon" title="Dragon of Shandon">Dragon of Shandon</a> Samhain parade in Cork, held annually on the 31st of October at night</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_parade" title="Easter parade">Easter parade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasparilla_Pirate_Festival" title="Gasparilla Pirate Festival">Gasparilla Pirate Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa">Tampa</a> is the third largest parade in the US and commemorates a pirate sack of the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Armenia)" title="Independence Day (Armenia)">Independence Day</a> parade in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>, Armenia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Bank_of_Commerce" title="International Bank of Commerce">International Bank of Commerce</a> "Under the Stars" youth parade, held annually in <a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Laredo, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiev_Independence_Day_Parade" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiev Independence Day Parade">Independence Day Parade</a> parade in <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, Ukraine.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/London%27s_New_Year%27s_Day_Parade" title="London's New Year's Day Parade">London's New 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<li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_Parades" title="Victory Day Parades">Victory Day Parade</a>, held annually in the Russian Federation, formerly held in Ukraine, and celebrated in post-soviet nations.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikingland_Band_Festival" title="Vikingland Band Festival">Vikingland Band Festival Parade Marching Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Country_Carnival" title="West Country Carnival">West Country Carnival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zinneke_Parade" title="Zinneke Parade">Zinneke Parade</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Observances_marked_by_parades">Observances marked by parades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parade&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Observances marked by parades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg/250px-Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg/330px-Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg/500px-Helsinki_Christmas_Parade_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1498" data-file-height="815" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> at the 2021 Christmas Parade in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_(10004675).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_%2810004675%29.jpg/250px-Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_%2810004675%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_%2810004675%29.jpg/330px-Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_%2810004675%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_%2810004675%29.jpg/500px-Homecoming_parade_for_Arlington_State_College_%2810004675%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1320" data-file-height="1040" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Homecoming" title="Homecoming">homecoming</a> parade for <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Arlington" title="University of Texas at Arlington">Arlington State College</a> alumni in the 1950s or early 1960s</figcaption></figure> 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A <i>C.O.'s Parade</i> is an inspection by the Commanding Officer. 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