Fairmont Veterans Day Parade 2025

OUR VETERANS ARE OUR HEROES

Recognize and honor our nation's veterans in Fairmont, West Virginia, by participating in our annual city Veterans Day parade. Entry is free - we're just happy you're participating. Entries can be walkers, cars/vans/trucks, motorcycles, floats, first responder vehicles, ATVs, tow trucks, etc. If you can walk or drive it, decorate it and come join us in thanking our veterans for their service!

Floats and large entries line up at 11:00 a.m., and the main parade lines up at 11:30 a.m. This year we line up on Morgantown Ave, Broadway Ave, and Fairfax St. Check out our Facebook (@FairmontVeteransDayParade) page for the parade route, traffic, and other parade information. We are a “rain or shine” event with no alternate date, so we would only cancel this event due to serious safety issues.

The Fairmont Veterans Day Parade, sponsored by the Marion County Veterans Council, is a veteran- and family-oriented public activity designed to honor and thank our veterans for their service. The Marion County Veterans Council also sponsors the Fairmont Christmas Parade and Blessing of the First Responders.

In General

If you are including music, animals, or other aspects in your parade entry that might impact where we place you in the lineup, please make sure to let us know in your registration form.

Veterans' Entries

If you are a veterans organization, a veteran-owned business, a veteran registrant, or are visibly (with signage) honoring a specific veteran with your registration, please let us know, as we have a veterans-preference section to the parade lineup.

Group Entries

If you are registering as a group, please make sure your group only gets registered once. Also, please be sure to let your group participants know the title of your entry and your group's lineup time to assist them in checking in to the parade.

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?

Please monitor our Facebook page for the lineup, traffic, and other parade information. Parking is not available in the parade lineup for vehicles not actually in the parade.

Option 1: We heavily encourage riding in/on the parade vehicle if you can safely do so. If your parade participants can't do this, we suggest ride sharing (a/k/a carpooling) to minimize traffic congestion in the parade lineup and using one of the other options below.

Option 2: Participants may have a vehicle come through start of the parade lineup and drive through the lineup to quickly drop the participant(s) off at their entry’s assigned spot, but those drop-off vehicles may not linger in the lineup. These vehicles must exit the parade line-up in the same direction as the parade lineup. There will be absolutely no traffic in the opposite direction.

Option 3: A vehicle may quickly drop off the participant(s) at the Fairfax St/Vermont Ave intersection and proceed left or right onto Vermont Ave (which will put the vehicle on Morgantown Ave outside of line or East Park Ave. The participant(s) will then walk into the parade lineup to their entry spot.

Option 4: Otherwise, you will need to park elsewhere and walk into the parade lineup. There is limited on-street parking on adjacent residential streets.

Band buses will utilize a significant part of the parking lot near the boat docks/amphitheater at Palatine Park, so please do not depend on being able to park there.

Parents who are dropping off children should like and monitor our social networking feeds for information about drop-off and pickup locations close to the parade date. We strongly encourage parents of child participants to make advance arrangements on where to meet their child(ren) following the parade. We love your children and want to make sure they stay safe!

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