Time to Get Ready For 2025
Next Year's LIVE Parade
Saturday, 8 Nov. 2025​
10 a.m at Hilo, HI
Our next Parade will
start at 10 a.m. 8 Nov 2025
vic Wailoa State Park and Pauahi St Downtown Hilo
PARADE DAY
All participants will join our veterans and community groups starting 8 a.m. next year to begin event day registration and pick up numbers at the staging area near the King Kamehameha statue on Bishop Street. Parade numbers will correspond to locations at the staging area or along Kamehameha Ave for large vehicles/floats. These large vehicles/floats can start lining up at 8:30am. Roads will start closing from 9:30-9:45 am. All groups are requested to register by 9 am. Large groups are requested to be in place before 9:15 a.m.
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Our Parade returns to our historical route beginning on Piopio Street heading mauka on Pauahi Street with a right turn on Kilauea Avenue turning into Keawe Street, then turning right onto Waianuenue Avenue, and a final right turn onto Kamehameha Avenue, returning to the starting point.
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PARADE ROUTE DETAILS
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Order of March for 9 Nov 2024.
(Note - Order of March and units usually change for this line-up on Parade Day)
This Year's Order of March for 9 Nov 2024
1 Police Escort (Sedan)
2 “Aloha Thunder” Hawaii Island Motorcycles
3 US Air Force/CAP (Carry Parade Banner)
4 Hawaii Air National Guard Color Guard (291st Combat Communications Squadron)
5 Hawaii County Band
6 Office of Veterans Services, HI–Kelcie Figueira
7 Mayor Mitch Roth
8 State Senator Lorraine R. Inouye (Vehicle)
9 State Senator Joy San Buenaventura
10 State Representative Greggor Ilagan
11 County Council Member Ashley Kierkiewicz & Arya
12 Old School Cruisers (Vets) 2 Vehicles
13 Veterans Advisory Council (Teal Thunderbird)
14 US Navy (Carry Grand Marshal banner)
15 Grand Marshal – The Hara Family
16 NG, HHT, 1st Sqdn, 299th Cav Regt Troop Transport (Vehicle)
17 Hilo High School Viking Band
18 Hilo High School JROTC
19 Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home (Van)
20 Yukio Okutsu American Legion Post 16 (Vehicle)
21 HIVM/EAH Project (Vehicle)
22 Military Order of the Purple Heart (Vehicle)
23 SSG James Kimo Pihana (in MOPH vehicle)
24 Business Parade Marshal (C & F Truck)
25 VFW 3875/DAV 6 (C&F Low Flatbed Trk)
26 Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks #759
27 Boys & Girls Club of Big Island
28 Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaii (FLAG)
29 UH-Hilo Baseball Team (Carrying Exchange Club Flag)
30 Exchange Club of Hilo (Vehicle)
31 NETCOM (2 Trucks with Veterans Jeff Gray and Jim Aldridge)
32 Hawaii Island Adult Care, Inc. (HIAC) Truck & Decorated Van
33 American Legion Post 3 (Pickup w/Trailer)
34 Botanical World Adventures (Vehicle/ Segways)
35 Waiakea HS Warrior Band & Color Guard
36 Fire Mission-Military Honors LLC (Decorated Vehicle and Trailer)
37 VFW Post 3830 & Auxiliary (Pahoa) (Kuwaye Med Trk)
38 Hilo Products Inc. (Truck w/Trailer)
39 Lyman House Memorial Museum (Large Golf cart)
40 Vietnam War Banner (On/In front of TWTH Float)
41 Community Parade Marshal – The Wall That Heals (Large Float)
42 Hawai‘i Loa Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution (Vehicle)
43 American Legion Post 4 Kohala (with DAR and TWTH) (Vehicle)
44 Hilo Vet Center (Vehicle)
45 AARP Hawaii (Vehicle)
46 Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Command Team (Large Float)
47 PTA Fire Engine (Large Fire Truck)
48 Hawaii Care Choices (formerly Hospice) (next to Rotary)
49 Rotary Clubs - Eastside
50 Rotary Club - Satellite SMVF & First Responders Club (In TWV trk)
51 Together With Veterans TWV Hawaii (near Rotary) (Truck)
52 Civil Air Patrol (Color Guard)
53 Kea‘au High School Cougar Marching Band
54 HOPE Services Hawaii (2 Vehicles)
55 Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency (Mobile Command Post - Large Vehicle)
56 American Red Cross (Truck)
57 Scouting America-Aloha Council Pukahi District
58 Girl Scouts of Hawaii
59 Horse Mounted Unit Puu Moi Riders
60 PuroClean of the Big Island (Truck)
61 Red Ribbon Week Campaign
62 Hawaii Horse Owners Association
63 Knights of Columbus Assembly 2938
64 East Hawaii County Republican Party (Vehicle)
65 911 Storage (Flatbed truck with Storage Pod)
66 Order of the Eastern Star Hawaii Chapter #1 (Tesla)
67 UH-Hilo Vulcans Tennis Teams (Parade Support)
68 Staging Area Volunteers (Lions Club, HCC led by Kirk Mikami)
69 Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals and Kiwanis Volunteers (Supported 6 Route Announcers)
70 Business Parade Marshal - Conen's Freight Transport
71 Taishoji Taiko (Conen's Trk)
72 Save the Date Banner - 8 Nov 2025 (back of Taishoji Taiko Truck)
73 Hawaii Fire Department - Pepeekeo Fire #1
74 UH-60H Black Hawk (flyover)
75 Veteran Richard Bridges Flying a Grumman Cheetah (Flyover)
76 Brian Danial (Breezy) (Flyover)
SAVE THE DATE – Next Parade is 8 Nov 2025
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