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Who's Marching in the Skokie July 4 Parade?

Will there be an elephant? Marching bands? Those folks whizzing around on their flying carpets?


Skokie's Fourth of July parade kicks off at noon on Thursday July 4, and will take a different route this year.

To avoid downtown construction, the parade will begin at Lincoln Avenue at Howard Street heading south to Skokie Boulevard.  Once on Skokie Boulevard the parade will head north to Oakton Street, then east on Oakton Street to Oakton Park. View the parade route map.

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The lineup of parade participants includes: 

Crossman Drum and Bugle Corps - Texas

Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps – Wisconsin

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Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps - Illinois

Lincoln Way High School Marching Band – New Lenox, Illinois

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Albany Area High School Marching Band - Minnesota

South Shore Drill Team

Chicago Celtic Pipes and Drums

Renacer Boliviano Folkloric Dance Troupe

Medinah Oriental Band

Wood Dale Stars

Jesse White Tumbling Team

Chicago Light Artillery, Battery A

1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Co. E

Medinah Motor Corps

Medinah Mini Choppers

Genie’s & Their Flying Carpets

West Suburban Shrine Club

Uncle Sam on Stilts

A-OK Klowns

Medinah Clown Unit

Those Funny Little People

Medinah Aviators

Medinah Fire Unit

Model “A” Restorers Club

Camel, llama and horses

(To answer the question we posed in the subhead--no, no elephants, at least none that we've heard of yet.) 


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