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Millersville Community Parade

Everybody loves a parade! This year’s parade theme celebrates “Our American Heritage.”

Millersville Community Parade 2010

One of the major events taking place during Homecoming 2011 is the Millersville Community Parade. Community leaders, Phil and Mary Ann Gerber, will lead the two-mile award-winning parade that attracts more than 5,000 spectators. The theme for this year’s parade, taking place on Saturday, October 29, is “Our American Heritage 1761-2011 – Celebrating Millersville’s 250th Anniversary.”

According to parade chairman Steven DiGuiseppe, “This is one of the best and most eclectic parades in the county! And maybe even the biggest!” The parade starts at 9 a.m. at Penn Manor High School and ends at approximately 11:30 a.m. past the Student Memorial Center (SMC) on Millersville University’s campus.

The parade includes more than 2,000 participants annually with approximately 150 entries ranging from 15 bands and dance troops to antique vehicles and more than 70 live animals. The 2011 parade will be dedicated to Cpl. Eric Torbert, a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan in late 2010, and who was a Penn Manor High School graduate. This year’s parade will also include a Toys for Tots donation pickup of unwrapped new toys (during the parade, as well as at a drop-off location at the SMC on parade day).

For more information, visit the parade website.

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