Annual Independence Day Parade - Hosted by VFW Post 2801

Happy Independence Day! Hosted by the Villa Park VFW Post 2801, Join us for this annual Villa Park event. This year’s theme is “Reflections" The parade route is approximately 2 miles long. We step off at 10:00 AM, going west on Central to Harvard, South on Harvard to Madison, East on Madison to Summit, North on Summit to Park, and West on Park to Ardmore for dispersal. Thank you to the Villa Park Chamber of Commerce, Tri-Town YMCA, and the Villa Park Public Library for making this event possible. 

Participant and Sponsorship Information 

Event sponsorship provides our partners a vast marketing and promotional value to a targeted audience in a variety of avenues. Individual partnership benefits listed on the next page can assist you in figuring out how you can best showcase your business or organization to thousands of spectators while supporting the local VFW Post 2801 and the Village of Villa Park to bring these long-standing traditions to Villa Park each year.

To access our participant and sponsorship packet, click here

To access our online registration portal, click here

Line up information and timing 

Parade groups are to arrive and begin lining up at 8:30 AM. Staging takes place from 8:30 to 9:30 am. It is the responsibility of the main contact listed on your application to communicate information to your group about the lineup location and procedures. For the safety of everyone, vehicles will be prohibited from entering streets in and around the red outlined area shown above beginning at 8:15 AM.

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Parade Route

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Thank you, sponsors!


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