PARADE ROUTE – NEW! Starting Downtown The parade begins at Main and Cedar Streets. The parade will travel East on Main. Then travel South on Jefferson. Next the parade will travel West on 5th Street to High Street. On High, the entries will travel north until reaching Circle Drive. The parade will end at Circle and High Streets where parade officials will direct entries down Circle Drive back to Fairgrounds.
PAST PARADE GRAND MARSHALS (HONOR GROUPS)
2022 Bill Halmich, Sandy Lucy, Ed Menefee WINGS Educational Foundation
2021 Marc Housemann (honorary) Franklin County Health Dept., Front Line Workers with Mercy
2019 Oldest Living Fair Chairman, Board Member, and Queen Past Fair Chairmen and Queens
2018 Steve Kuenzel Washington Elks BPO 1559
2017 Jim Briggs City of Washington 2016 Sheriff Gary Toelke Multi-County Narcotics Enforcement Unit
2015 Vince Borgerding Wheels for Wheels
2014 Dave Wehmeyer & Judy Tobben Past Parade Chairmen
2013 Paula Obermark United Way
2012 Gary Terschluse & Ron Unnerstall Green Berets
2011 Rick Hopp WVFC Auxiliary
2010 LB & Bonnie Eckelkamp Backstoppers
2009 Wendy Wildberger Past & Present Fair Board
2008 WWII Veterans Franklin County Honor Flight
2007 Police Officers shot on duty GetKidsSafe
2006 Jackie Miller Knights of Columbus
2005 Missourian Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts
2004 Gary Lucy Past Fair Board
2003 Jerry Jasper Washington Vol Fire Dept
2002 Dutch Borcherding 5307th Composite Unit
2001 Don Northington United Way
2000 Caitlin McIntosh - Miss Teen Historical Society 1999 Moohlah Shriners Meals on Wheels
1998 Dan Buck - Show Me St Louis Show
1997 Tammy Leesmann
1996 Cancelled-storms
1995 Fred Bird - Mascot of the St Louis Cardinals
1994 Ken Kruel - 1952 Fair Chairman, oldest living past chairman, Dave Wehmeyer - 1994 Fair Chairman