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Resident or Nonprofit Group
$0
Float, vehicle or on foot
Register, consider making a donation, read the guidelines, and be ready at Karl and Morse Road the morning of the event. Lineup and staging begins at 8:30 a.m. and the parade step off is at 10 a.m.
Elected Official/Politician
$175
Float, vehicle or on foot
Register, pay, read the guidelines, and be ready at Karl and Morse Road the morning of the event. Lineup and staging begins at 8:30 a.m. and the parade step off is at 10 a.m.
Business
$125
Float, vehicle or on foot
Register, pay, read the guidelines, and be ready at Karl and Morse Road the morning of the event. Lineup and staging begins at 8:30 a.m. and the parade step off is at 10 a.m.
Event Day
July 4
8:30 a.m. Sign in and be assigned your number, which determines the order of the parade. Sign in is at 1630 Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43229. The exact location of the sign-in tent is shown in this map.
9:35 a.m. Participant Awards judging and presentation in staging area.
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Line up in order. Floats, vehicles and groups participating on foot will line up around the edge of the buildings as shown in the map below.
9:50 a.m. Singing of the National Anthem
10 a.m. Ribbon cutting by the Grand Marshall and parade step off will be promptly at 10 a.m. from the driveway near Huntington Bank on Karl Road.
10 a.m. – (approx) noon: Parade travels north on Karl Road from Morse Road to the Karl Road Baptist Church, 5750 Karl Rd. (1.6 miles). Route Map
Parade Staging Zone
