With more than an hour’s worth of entries to view as they marched by, the downtown Saturday morning parade to kick off a day full of Sesquicentennial and All-American Bash festivities did not disappoint.
As part of the city’s 150th birthday celebration organized and put on by the Oakdale Enrichment Society, the June 26 parade followed the traditional route, starting near Walgreens on the west end and heading east along F Street, dispersing at Maag Avenue.
As the saying goes, ‘Everyone loves a parade’ and the crowd turned out in force to cheer for and smile at the wide variety of participants, from the dancing horses to the Oakdale Community Band, local businesses and many community groups.
