APPLETON (NBC 26) — Ahead of Flag Day, which is celebrated annually on June 14, those across the Fox Valley honored “Old Glory" at the 70th Annual Appleton Flag Day Parade, making it the nation's oldest.
Watch below to get a feel for what the parade was like:
Last year the event was canceled due to the pandemic.
This year's theme, “Home of the Brave,” was meant to honor our hometown heroes.
“What is great about this year is we’re honoring hometown heroes. You have this aspect of military and hometown heroes because our hometown heroes, our frontline workers were key to stopping this COVID-19 virus,” said Andy Bong, Appleton.
Patriotic pride was seen from miles away as front line workers, alongside other organizations marched from one side of College Avenue to the other.
As they celebrated the anniversary of the stars and stripes, the parade also consisted of patriotic floats, high school students participating, marching bands and more.
Below you can see the the mayor for the City of Appleton marching down as well:
Hundreds of spectators also came out to honor our beautiful American flag.
Many of them waving flags of their own and wearing patriotic colors.
