The 92 nd annual Santa Clarita Valley Fourth of July Parade had thousands of people make their way to several parts of Old Town Newhall and Valencia on Thursday morning to celebrate Independence Day, embrace freedom and show off their patriotism with music, unique floats and vintage cars. Local residents and people from various parts of Los Angeles County began filling Main Street with blankets and lawn chairs in Old Town Newhall at 7 a.m.
to get a good viewing spot for the annual SCV Fourth of July Parade. Some of the attendees grabbed a fresh stack of pancakes from the SCV Rotary’s All You Can Eat Pancake and Sausage Breakfast or participated in the Santa Clarita Runners’ 40 th annual Independence Day Classic Run. Over 100 floats, vintage cars and trucks passed through the parade route, many of them draped in American flags, party streamers, garlands and pom poms.
Participants of the parade included local city officials, politicians, schools, businesses and nonprofit organizations. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and Los Angeles County Fire Department also made an appearance with first responder vehicles and honked their way down the road for spectators as they cheered and swayed their American flags back and forth. During the parade each float was also judged by a committee of community members for the chance to be crowned the winner.
This year’s theme was “The Freedom to Play, Celebrating Our Parks, Trails and Open Space,” and the grand marshal was .