Event Layout

The Patriots' Day Parade goes forward rain, snow or muck and covers a route of approximately 2.5 miles.

Participants include:

• Color Guards
• Cultural and Youth Groups
• Dignitaries
• Minuteman Companies
• Musicians

Dignitaries are from neighboring towns, the State, the nation, and several foreign countries with ties to Concord.

At the North Bridge there is a ceremony to commemorate the engagement between the Minuteman companies and British troops with a wreath laying ceremony. The parade continues across the North Bridge and returns to Concord Center.