more than 12,000 participants from all over the world, among them more than 100 bands and around 70 floats and carriages. Types of parades Boat Parade (Winterfest) Carnival parade Cavalcade Circus Electrical Parade Flypast Flower parade Halloween parade Military parade Motorcade Parade of horribles Parade of Nations Pride parade Santa Claus parade Technoparade Ticker-tape parade Victory parade Walking day Examples of annual event parades Anheuser-Busch Washington's Birthday Parade, held annually in Laredo, Texas Bastille Day Military Parade - Held annually in Paris, France, in celebration of the Bastille Day Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic - Second largest annual parade in the United States, held on the second Saturday in August in Chicago, Illinois. Calgary Stampede Parade Carnaval San Francisco Carnival in the Netherlands Dahlia parade in Zundert always held on the first Sunday in September Days of '47 Parade in Salt Lake City Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade Dragon of Shandon Samhain parade in Cork, held annually on the 31st of October at night Easter parade Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa is the third largest parade in the US and commemorates a pirate sack of the city. Independence Day parade in Yerevan, Armenia International Bank of Commerce "Under the Stars" youth parade, held annually in Laredo, Texas Independence Day Parade parade in Kyiv, Ukraine. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Mardi Gras Main Street Electrical Parade Marksmen's Parade, Hannover May Day Parade McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade, Chicago, Illinois Independence Day Parade parade in Minsk, Belarus. Mummers Parade National Memorial Day Parade New York's Village Halloween Parade Nickelodeon Celebration Parade Notting Hill Carnival Orange Bowl Parade Orange walk Orlando Citrus Parade Philippine Independence Day Parade Procession of the Species Republic Day Parade in India Republic Day Parade in Pakistan Rose Parade in United States Saint Patrick's Day Parade Dublin, Munich, New York City, Boston, Holyoke, and San Diego San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade Singapore National Day Parade Torchlight Parade, Seattle, Washington Toronto Santa Claus Parade Tournament of Roses Parade Trooping the Colour Independence Day Parade in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Victory Day Parade, held annually in the Russian Federation, formerly held in Ukraine, and celebrated in post-soviet nations. Vikingland Band Festival Parade Marching Championship West Country Carnival Zinneke Parade Historical parades To celebrate the federal government's victory in the American Civil War, 145,000 Union soldiers marched in a two-day Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C. They passed before the President, the