Union City Memorial Day Parade

The Village of Union City, Michigan and the American Legion Post 196 invite you to participate in the 2025 Union City Memorial Day Parade and Cemetery Service honoring our nation’s fallen Veterans.

The parade will be Monday and will begin at 10:30 a.m Sharp from the Union City High School and Middle School parking lots. The Union City Fire Department is holding a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast at the Fire Hall from 8:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Donations Only. The parade will extend through downtown Union City, ending at the Riverside Cemetery which takes approximately an hour and ten minutes.

The parade pauses at the N Broadway Street bridge to allow for the ceremony to honor the Navy and Coast Guard and lay of a wreath at Veterans Memorial Park. The parade will again pause for wreath placement at the Civil War Memorial at the First Congregational Church

It is not a requirement to register for the parade; however we do reserve the right to refuse entries. We ask that parade participants arrive to the High School by 10:00 a.m to ensure an orderly line up of the parade units. Antique Autos and Tractors line up at the Middle School.

Kids on bicycles and others not wishing to walk the entire parade route will enter the parade at the parking lot downtown adjacent to All Things Serenity Yoga & Events Center.

A Patriotic Bike Decorating Contest will be held at the parking lot downtown. Judging will be from 10:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Bikes should be decorated in a Memorial Day theme with balloons, streamers, flags or other materials. Ribbons will be awarded for first, second and third place winners in age divisions, Two (2) to six (6) year olds and Seven (7) to Twelve (12) year olds.. Parents are required to walk with children as they ride in the parade. The Judges for the Bike Decorating Contest are students from Union City High School National Honor Society.

Participation ribbons and coupons for a "Free" Freezie courtesy of Jack’s Grocery of Union City, Michigan will be given to the children participating in the Bike Decorating Contest.

Following the parade is the Service at Riverside Cemetery. Please consider attending; the reason for Memorial Day is to honor and pay respect to those who gave their lives so that we may live free. The ceremony at the Riverside Cemetery lasts approximately 30 minutes.

The Union City, Michigan Memorial Day Parade and Cemetery Service has grown to become one of the largest parades in the area and our community would feel honored by your participation.