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.
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.
PARADE ROUTE DETAILS
Order of March for 8 Nov 2025.
(Note - Order of March and units may change Parade Day)
(as of 7 Nov 2025)
1. Hawaii Police Department escort [Vehicle]
2. Hawaii Island Motorcycles “Aloha Thunder”
3. USMC Recruiting (Carry Overall Parade Banner)
4. Civil Air Patrol Color Guard w/250 Flag
5. Hawaii County Band [MUSIC]
6. Office of Veterans Services, HI–Kelcie Figueira
7. State Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, District 1 [Vehicle]
8. State Senator Joy San Buenaventura
9. State and County Other Elected Officials (Past & Present)
10. Old School Cruzas (Vets) [3 Vehicles]
11. Hawaii County Veterans Advisory Committee [Veh]
12. Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home [Small Bus]
13. Carriage Society (Karen Fitzgerald- horse) [Carriage]
14. Horse Mounted Unit Puu Moi Riders [Horse Unit]
15. Civil Air Patrol (near CAP Color Guard)
16. America250 12' Banner (Carried by UHH Basketball Tm)
17. Hawai‘i Loa Chapter - Daughters of the American Revolution [Trk]
18. University of Hawaii at Hilo Basketball Team (Grand Marshal banner)
19. Grand Marshal – Jerry Chang [Slingshot]
20. VFW 3875/DAV 6 (C&F Flatbed Trk)
21. Waiakea HS Warrior Band & Color Guard [Music]
22. Recycling with Sethie (Individual traveling at own pace on the side of units)
23. American Legion Post 3 [Trk w Tlr]
24. Together With Veterans TWV Hawaii (near Rotary)
25. Hilo Vet Center [Vehicle]
26. VA Pacific Islands Health Care System [3 Veh- trk, jeep, 2 ATVs]
27. American Legion Post 4 Kohala (near DAR and TWTH) [Vehicle]
28. Ho`ōla Veteran Services d.b.a. Ho`ōla Farms [Vehicle]
29. East Hawaii Rotary Clubs
30. Red Ribbon Week Campaign
31. Mental Restorations Foundation [Trk w TLR]
32. US Navy Recruiting (Business Parade Marshal Banner)
33. Business Parade Marshal – Ken’s House of Pancakes [Vehicle]
34. HOPE Services Hawaii [Trk w Tlr]
35. Kea‘au High School Cougar Band [MUSIC]
36. Hawaii Island Adult Care, Inc. (HIAC) [VAN]
37. Military Order of the Purple Heart (Bob Williams, Kimo Pihana, Richard Suganuma) [Vehicle]
& HIVM [Separate Truck]
38. BINGRA Big Island National Guard Retirees Association [Veh]
39. Fire Mission-Military Honors LLC [Trk and Tlr]
40. Hawaii Island’s Teen 2025 Olga Arianoff [MUSIC in PU Trk]
41. PuroClean of the Big Island [work van] (w/Olga)
42. Botanical World Adventures (Segways) [Trk]
43. Hawaii Island Veterans Club [Trk]
44. East Hawaii Lions Clubs [Vehicle]
45. Hilo Christmas Parade (next to Lions)
46. Scouting America - Aloha Council/ Big Island District
47. Hawaii Horse Owners Association – Panaewa Stampede Rodeo [Horses]
48. AARP Hawaii [Vehicle]
49. Zonta [Vehicle]
50. Hawaii Life Flight [Vehicle]
51. Hawaii Care Choices (formerly Hospice) [Veh w Tlr]
52. East Hawaii County Republicans [2 Veh w/TLR & MUSIC]
53. Hawaii Community College
54. Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency [Command Vehicle]
55. American Red Cross [Trk]
56. Hilo Women's Club
57. Orchidland Neighbors [Electric Cart]
58. Armed Services 6 Flags (Exchange Clubs)
59. Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaii & UHH Baseball Team w large flag
60. Hilo High School JROTC
61. Hilo High School Viking Band [MUSIC]
62. Exchange Club of Hilo [Trk]
63. Benevolent & Protective Order Of Elks #759
64. Aunties Angels HI LLC [Veh w Tlr]
65. University of Hawaii at Hilo Athletics (TRK)
66. Hawaii Association of Filipino Educators (HAFE) and Fil-Am Community of East Hawaii (FACEH) [Veh]
67. University of Hawaii at Hilo Basketball Team (Community Marshal banner)
68. Community Parade Marshal – Vibrant Hawai‘i
69. Hilo Knights of Columbus Assembly 2938 [Vehicle]
70. Ohana Pacific Health Legacy Hilo Rehab & Nursing [Mini van & Trk]
71. Taishoji Taiko (Conens Trk)
72. Save the Date Banner 7 Nov 2026 (Back of Taiko Truck)
73. Pepeekeo Volunteer Fire Company 1-Alpha
74. Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals (Not marching)
75. Staging Area and Veteran Tent Area Volunteers (Lions, HCC, Kiwanis and more) (Not Marching)
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