The 4th of July Parade is one of the largest events of the summer and a community favorite! Don your red, white, and blue, and help us celebrate Independence Day at this family-friendly event! What a great connection between Main Street and the City of Ames!

The parade will begin at 11:00am.

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Parade Route

Parade Lineup

1 Police lead
2 Ames American Legion Post #37 Motorcycles
3 Ames American Legion Post #37 Colorguard
4 Story County Commission of Veterans Affairs
5 Grand Marshall – Lyndsey Fennelly
6 Ames Fire – Fire apparatus 1- Mayor Haila
7 Ames Fire – Fire apparatus 2- Anita Rollins
8 Mary Greeley MICS

9 Ames Public Library Bookmobile
10 Water & Pollution Control Dept – Pickup & Trailer
11 Water & Pollution Control Dept – Pickup
12 Electric Bucket Truck
13 City Electric Vehicle
14 Ames Municipal Band

15 Marine Corps League
16 American Legion Auxiliary
17 Grifols Biomat USA
18 Magic Matt’s Cleaning
19 Family Healing Chiropractic
20 Cyclone Corvettes, Inc
21 Robert Thomas Dancenter
22 Ames History Museum
23 MEMBERS1st Community Credit Union
24 Collegiate United Methodist Church
25 Senior Variety Show
26 Ames Cyclone Aquatics Club
27 Story County Democrats
28 Prairie Flower Children’s Center
29 School of Rock Ankeny
30 Unity Church of Ames

31 Heartland Roofing, Siding, and Solar
32 Wheatsfield Co-op
33 Bold Dance By Peach
34 Cornbred Barbecue
35 Team Neutrino
36 Ames High FTC Team Photon
37 State Center Rose Festival Rose Queen and Princess and Little Miss Rosebud
38 Ames Youth Football

39 North Grand Christian Church
40 B-Bops
41 Cancer Warrior Truck
42 Ames Parks and Rec Taekwondo
43 Lutheran Church of Hope Ames
44 Elite Tumbling Trampoline & Twirling Academy
45 Ames High Drumline
46 J&C
47 Arbor Monkees
48 Distinctive Landscapes

49 Plucky Paws
50 Wilson Toyota
51 Brekkes Town and Country Store
52 Bell Salvage
53 Habhab Towing and Auto Repair
54 Boy Scouts of America Mid Iowa Council
55 City of Ames Street Sweeper

*Downtown Ames often takes photographs & video during our events for use on social media or our website. By attending, you agree that Downtown Ames may use any image of you that might appear in photographs or video taken at a Downtown Ames event.*