Flossmoor Independence Day Parade Announced

FLOSSMOOR, IL — Summer traditions are getting back to "normal" in Flossmoor.

The annual Flossmoor Volunteer Fire Department Independence Day Parade will take place on July 3, to kick off the celebratory weekend in the United States.

The event will have people of all ages marching down Flossmoor Road in the downtown area of Flossmoor. A parade line will start at 9:30 a.m. in the Parker Junior High School parking lot. It will begin at 10 a.m. and a demonstration of fire department operations will follow in Downtown Flossmoor.

Attendees are encouraged to decorate bikes, wagons and themselves in red, white and blue for the event.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 annual event had the Flossmoor Volunteer Fire Department parade through neighborhoods in town. Some residents decorated their homes and yards in red, white and blue to get in the spirit.

On Friday, Illinois moved into the fifth and final phase of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Restore Illinois plan, after 13 months of the phased coronavirus reopening was first announced. The move comes as the state's rate of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations have fallen to their lowest level since the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in Illinois.

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