The Las Vegas Valley is invited to the master-planned community of Summerlin on July 4 to celebrate Independence Day at the 30th Annual Summerlin Council Patriotic Parade — Southern Nevada’s largest and most colorful Fourth of July parade. American spirit will be on full display at this year’s parade with 70 entries, including a 50-foot American Eagle, 40-foot Grand Old Flag plus 18 giant inflatable balloons, veteran, and military organizations, patriotic and pop culture-themed floats and performing groups. The parade also will include the Vegas Golden Knights, Las Vegas Raiders, Las Vegas Aviators and the Vegas Thrill.
Special this year is a trio of “Out of the Parade Vault” entries, some of the most popular and significant floats from the last three decades re-created in honor of the parade’s 30th anniversary. The parade begins at 8:30 a.m.
with the escort division, followed by the official parade kick-off at 9 a.m. The 2024 Grand Marshal is Col.
Nicholas R. Pederson, Commander of the 432d Wing and the 432d Air Expeditionary Wing, Creech Air Force Base, Nevada. The throwback floats sprinkled throughout the parade will include: Stars and Stripes Forever, which set the standard for dazzling displays and the grand floats we see, today: Visions of Candyland, featuring its original sponsor, Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, and the original players, who were just 8 years old when the float debuted; and Ferris Bueller’s Independence Day Off, one of the most popular.