2026 Rochester Memorial Day Parade Volunteer Registration

In conjunction with various local organizations, the Rochester Veterans Council is planning the Rochester Memorial Day Parade on Monday May 25, 2026. The parade will be held to honor those who have served our nation’s military and paid the ultimate sacrifice. If not for people like them, we may not have the freedoms we all hold so dear today.

Many have said that Rochester has always had one of the best and largest Memorial Day parades in our state. That cannot happen without great volunteers like you!

We want you and any of your friends and family to be part of that this year and hope that you can join us.

The parade will feature a variety of military units, veteran’s groups, local marching bands, Police, Fire, EMS, local sponsor companies and more. Our goal is to include as many local veterans in our parade as possible. To be able to do that we use alternate transportation methods for those veterans that are unable to get around as easy as they used to.

Parade Veteran Transport Volunteers:

1. We are looking at renting a number of 4-6 passenger golf carts that will allow our veterans to get on easily and be able to interact w/ attendees. This will require a handful of volunteers to assist them in on & off loading of the cart possibly, then driving them the 1.3 miles to our end point.
2. There is also a need for volunteers to assist wheelchair bound veterans to be pushed along the parade route. This has always been a very popular thing for some of our veterans to still be able participate.

Both of these two volunteer positions will be key to ensuring these veterans are included in the parade while being comfortable and engaging.

Parade Assembly/Logistics Volunteers:

1. We also will need some volunteer support at the parade assembly area at the Holy Rosary Parish on North Main Street to help ensure everyone is where they need to be in line.
2. Being Memorial Day we expect the weather to be warm and will need to ensure that our volunteers and our veterans have water. There will be a need for a few people to walk the parade route to hand out bottled water to any of our group that needs it.

The parade will end at the Rochester Common where the Flags of Honor will be taking place.

Please help us in making this a memorable event by becoming a 2026 Rochester Memorial Day Parade Volunteer!

Please Note: This event is RAIN or Shine! (It rained on us in 2024)

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