Event Details

2005 Parade Theme: "Our Children - The Future of Florence."

May 21, 2005: Florence Days Parade:

See pictures from the 2005 parade.

Florence celebrates its heritage each year with a parade and lots of other activities the third weekend of May.  The celebration is organized by the Florence Historical Foundation.  The parade continues a tradition that started with a horse club parade years ago (1962).  It grew.

The 2005 parade should be a very special parade.  The 2005 themes is, "Our Children - The Future of Florence."  The path is set to go from Redick Street to Fillmore Street.  The Grand Marshals are Lynn and Shirley Farris.  Lynn is the Vice President of the Florence Historical Foundation, and Shirley is the treasurer.  The parade is led by this year's Honor Guard, the Cub Scouts. 

The 2005 parade is organized by Dick Brown of Dick's Place (for the Florence Historical Foundation), which is the barber shop in the old Toll Booth building located at 3010 Willit (next to the Bank of Florence).  The phone number at Dick's Place is 402-453-6688.  Paul Bogard, President of the Florence Historical Foundation said that floats can be added up to the last minute.  "They just get tacked on to the end."