The East Valley Veterans Parade Association extends a heartfelt thank you to the 2023 Parade entrants.

Please refer to the color of your entry to confirm your staging instructions.

BLUE Staging Arrival Times

  • Entries 1 thru 50: Arrive between 9:15 and 9:45
  • Entries 51 thru 110: Arrive between 9:45 and 10:15
  • JROTC Fallen Soldier Memorial: Arrive between 9:00 and 9:30, or as directed by your leaders

RED Staging Arrival Times

  • Entries 1 thru 24: Arrive between 8:45 and 9:15
  • Entries 25 thru 42: Arrive between 9:15 and 9:30
  • Entries 43 thru 62: Arrive between 9:30 and 9:45
  • Entries 63 thru 79: Arrive between 9:45 and 10:00
  • Entries 80 thru 100: Arrive between 10:00 and 10:15

*The following groups should send their vehicles to RED Staging and their marchers to BLUE Staging

  • Girl Scout troop 595
  • Mesa Girl Scouts
  • Beehive Dance Studio
  • American Heritage Girls troop AZ 1226
  • Maricopa County Cinderella
  • Dance Studio C
  • Trail Life
  • Wagner Dance Arts
  • Fremont Junior High Service Builders Club
  • SRP
  • Divine Dance Team
  • College Bound
  • Queen of Peace Catholic School

Thank you to the 2023 Parade entries

ENTRY NAME — IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ENTRY POSITION
7Slots Society AZ 59
960 The Patriot 48
AHMTA and VIP guest veteran Ken Riley 6
AirForce Marshal, Ross “Kemo” Eckel 32
American Airlines Veteran/Military Employee Business Resource Group 36
American Heritage Girls Troop 1226*** 37
American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 1318 39
American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3125 & AZ 1013 40
American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3130 38
American legion Riders Post 2 3
Arizona Cobras 11
Arizona Elk Society 80
Arizona Roller Girls 31
Arizona Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 30
Army Marshal, Bob King 14
Arizona State University Army ROTC 15
Beehive Dance Studio*** 35
Belles of Liberty 69
Boeing 94
Boy Scout Troop 54 60
BSA Scout Pack & Troop 653 62
Coast Guard Marshal, Jack Isaacson 49
College Bound*** 76
Cub Scout Pack 178 61
Dance Studio C*** 58
Desert Region of the Kaiser Frazer Owners Club International 64
Disabled American Veterans East Valley Chapter 8 19
Distinguished Flying Cross Society, Phoenix Chapter 28
Divine Dance Team*** 75
Dobson High Marching Band 79
Dress For Success 25
EAGLE Mesa Flyers Cheerleaders 90
East valley model T club 84
Fallen Soldiers Memorial – Westwood HS AFJROTC, Mesa HS AFJROTC, Dobson HS AFJROTC 77
First Presbyterian Church Mesa 92
Free and Accepted Mason (aka East Valley Masonic Family) 87
Fremont Junior High Service Builders Club*** 70
Gilbert Fire & Rescue 57
Girl Scout troop 595*** 20
Girl Scouts troop 3786 22
Girl Scouts Gilbert Service Unit 21
Gold Star Wives of America 5
Grand Marshal, USMC 1ST SGT John Lord 7
Hager Family 89
Hawesaholics 72
InFamous Mopar AZ 81
Johnson Roofing / In-Country Vietnam Veterans 13
Lehi Veterans 96
Lifted High Garage Door Repair 73
Maricopa County Cinderella*** 53
Mariposa Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Care 93
Mesa Art League Veteran Artists 82
Mesa Buckhorn Elks Lodge #2656 & Boy Scout Troop 10 78
Mesa Community College 27
Mesa Girl Scouts*** 23
Mesa High Marching Band 54
Mesa Mayor and Council 10
Mesa Park Rangers 42
Mesa Police Department 2
Mesa Police Department (Honor Guard) 1
Mesa Public Schools 52
Mesa Veterans Resource Center 88
Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 472 4
Military Police Regimental Association Grand Canyon Chapter 18
Miss Arizona & Miss Arizona Teen 12
Mountain View High School Toro Marching Band 41
Muscular Moving Men 63
National Guard 55
Navy Marshals Jim and Carol Ellis 24
Prince Hall Shriners 91
Purple Heart Desert Thrift Shop 86
Queen of Peace Catholic School*** 83
Red Mountain High School Marching Band 16
Remembering Our Veterans 71
Robinson Ranch 43
Semper Fi Heating and Cooling 45
SRP*** 74
SW Chapter Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and Flying Museum 8
The American Legion, Pablo J Cortez, Post 26, Department of Arizona 29
The Crisis 22 Project 46
The Grateful Descendants 33
The Little Flower’s Club 85
The Mesa Hohokams 66
Thesman Communities RED Friday Patriots 34
TO BE DETERMINED 44
TO BE DETERMINED 67
TO BE DETERMINED 95
TOGETHER PINK NETWORK 51
Town of Gilbert 56
Trail Life*** 65
USCG Auxiliary 50
USMC Marshal, David Minick 47
Veteran Navy Officer Telford Chapman’s Descendants 26
VFW Post 1760 Mesa 17
Vocal Expressions 9
Wagner Dance Arts*** 68

*** These groups should send their vehicles to RED Staging and their marchers to BLUE Staging

ENTRY POSITION ENTRY NAME
1 Mesa Police Department (Honor Guard)
2 Mesa Police Department
3 American legion Riders Post 2
4 Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 472
5 Gold Star Wives of America
6 AHMTA
7 Grand Marshal, USMC 1ST SGT John Lord
8 SW Chapter Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and Flying Museum
9 Vocal Expressions
10 Mesa Mayor and Council
11 Arizona Cobras
12 Miss Arizona & Miss Arizona Teen
13 Johnson Roofing / In-Country Vietnam Veterans
14 Army Marshal, Bob King
15 ASU Army ROTC
16 Red Mountain High School Marching Band
17 VFW Post 1760 Mesa
18 Military Police Regimental Association Grand Canyon Chapter
19 Disabled American Veterans East Valley Chapter 8
20 Girl Scout troop 595
21 Girl Scouts Gilbert Service Unit
22 Girl Scouts troop 3786
23 Mesa Girl Scouts
24 Navy Marshals Jim and Carol Ellis
25 Dress For Success
26 Veteran Navy Officer Telford Chapman’s Descendants
27 Mesa Community College
28 Distinguished Flying Cross Society, Phoenix Chapter
29 The American Legion, Pablo J Cortez, Post 26, Department of Arizona
30 Arizona Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
31 Arizona Roller Girls
32 AirForce Marhsal, Ross “Kemo” Eckel
33 The Grateful Descendants
34 Thesman Communities RED Friday Patriots
35 Beehive Dance Studio
36 American Airlines Veteran/Military Employee Business Resource Group
37 American Heritage Girls troop AZ 1226
38 American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3130
39 American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 1318
40 American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3125 & AZ 1013
41 Mountain View High School Toro Marching Band
42 Mesa Park Rangers
43 Robinson Ranch
44 TO BE DETERMINED
45 Semper Fi Heating and Cooling
46 The Crisis 22 Project
47 USMC Marshal, David Minick
48 960 The Patriot
49 Coast Guard Marshal, Jack Isaacson
50 USCG Auxiliary
51 TOGETHER PINK NETWORK
52 Mesa Public Schools
53 Maricopa County Cinderella
54 Mesa High Marching Band
55 National Guard
56 Town of Gilbert
57 Gilbert Fire & Rescue
58 Dance Studio C
59 7Slots Society AZ
60 Boy Scout Troop 54
61 Cub Scout Pack 178
62 BSA Scout Pack & Troop 653
63 Muscular Moving Men
64 Desert Region of the Kaiser Frazer Owners Club International
65 Trail Life
66 The Mesa Hohokams
67 TO BE DETERMINED
68 Wagner Dance Arts
69 Belles of Liberty
70 Fremont Junior High Service Builders Club
71 Remembering Our Veterans
72 Hawesaholics
73 Lifted High Garage Door Repair
74 SRP
75 Divine Dance Team
76 College Bound
77 Fallen Soldiers Memorial – Westwood HS AFJROTC, Mesa HS AFJROTC, Dobson HS AFJROTC
78 Mesa Buckhorn Elks Lodge #2656 & Boy Scout Troop 10
79 Dobson High Marching Band
80 Arizona Elk Society
81 InFamous Mopar AZ
82 Mesa Art League Veteran Artists
83 Queen of Peace Catholic School
84 East valley model T club
85 The Little Flower’s Club
86 Purple Heart Desert Thrift Shop
87 Free and Accepted Mason (aka East Valley Masonic Family)
88 Mesa Veterans Resource Center
89 Hager Family
90 EAGLE Mesa Flyers Cheerleaders
91 Prince Hall Shriners
92 First Presbyterian Church Mesa
93 Mariposa Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Care
94 Boeing
95 TO BE DETERMINED
96 Lehi Veterans

Thank you to the 2023 Parade entries

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ENTRY NAME — IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ENTRY POSITION
7Slots Society AZ 59
960 The Patriot 48
AHMTA and VIP guest veteran Ken Riley 6
AirForce Marshal, Ross “Kemo” Eckel 32
American Airlines Veteran/Military
Employee Business Resource Group		 36
American Heritage Girls Troop 1226*** 37
American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 1318 39
American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3125
& AZ 1013		 40
American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3130 38
American legion Riders Post 2 3
Arizona Cobras 11
Arizona Elk Society 80
Arizona Roller Girls 31
Arizona Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution		 30
Army Marshal, Bob King 14
Arizona State University Army ROTC 15
Beehive Dance Studio*** 35
Belles of Liberty 69
Boeing 94
Boy Scout Troop 54 60
BSA Scout Pack & Troop 653 62
Coast Guard Marshal, Jack Isaacson 49
College Bound*** 76
Cub Scout Pack 178 61
Dance Studio C*** 58
Desert Region of the Kaiser Frazer
Owners Club International		 64
Disabled American Veterans East Valley
Chapter 8		 19
Distinguished Flying Cross Society,
Phoenix Chapter		 28
Divine Dance Team*** 75
Dobson High Marching Band 79
Dress For Success 25
EAGLE Mesa Flyers Cheerleaders 90
East valley model T club 84
Fallen Soldiers Memorial –
Westwood HS AFJROTC,
Mesa HS AFJROTC,
Dobson HS AFJROTC		 77
First Presbyterian Church Mesa 92
Free and Accepted Mason
(aka East Valley Masonic Family)		 87
Fremont Junior High Service
Builders Club***		 70
Gilbert Fire & Rescue 57
Girl Scout troop 595*** 20
Girl Scouts troop 3786 22
Girl Scouts Gilbert Service Unit 21
Gold Star Wives of America 5
Grand Marshal, USMC 1ST SGT John Lord 7
Hager Family 89
Hawesaholics 72
InFamous Mopar AZ 81
Johnson Roofing / In-Country
Vietnam Veterans		 13
Lehi Veterans 96
Lifted High Garage Door Repair 73
Maricopa County Cinderella*** 53
Mariposa Gardens Cemetery
and Funeral Care		 93
Mesa Art League Veteran Artists 82
Mesa Buckhorn Elks Lodge #2656
& Boy Scout Troop 10		 78
Mesa Community College 27
Mesa Girl Scouts*** 23
Mesa High Marching Band 54
Mesa Mayor and Council 10
Mesa Park Rangers 42
Mesa Police Department 2
Mesa Police Department (Honor Guard) 1
Mesa Public Schools 52
Mesa Veterans Resource Center 88
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Chapter 472		 4
Military Police Regimental Association
Grand Canyon Chapter		 18
Miss Arizona & Miss Arizona Teen 12
Mountain View High School Toro
Marching Band		 41
Muscular Moving Men 63
National Guard 55
Navy Marshals Jim and Carol Ellis 24
Prince Hall Shriners 91
Purple Heart Desert Thrift Shop 86
Queen of Peace Catholic School*** 83
Red Mountain High School
Marching Band 		16
Remembering Our Veterans 71
Robinson Ranch 43
Semper Fi Heating and Cooling 45
SRP*** 74
SW Chapter Army Aviation
Heritage Foundation and Flying Museum		 8
The American Legion, Pablo J Cortez,
Post 26, Department of Arizona		 29
The Crisis 22 Project 46
The Grateful Descendants 33
The Little Flower’s Club 85
The Mesa Hohokams 66
Thesman Communities
RED Friday Patriots 		34
TO BE DETERMINED 44
TO BE DETERMINED 67
TO BE DETERMINED 95
TOGETHER PINK NETWORK 51
Town of Gilbert 56
Trail Life*** 65
USCG Auxiliary 50
USMC Marshal, David Minick 47
Veteran Navy Officer
Telford Chapman’s Descendants		 26
VFW Post 1760 Mesa 17
Vocal Expressions 9
Wagner Dance Arts*** 68

*** These groups should send their vehicles to RED Staging and their marchers to BLUE Staging

ENTRY
POS.		 ENTRY NAME
1 Mesa Police Department (Honor Guard)
2 Mesa Police Department
3 American legion Riders Post 2
4 Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 472
5 Gold Star Wives of America
6 AHMTA
7 Grand Marshal, USMC 1ST SGT John Lord
8 SW Chapter Army Aviation Heritage Foundation and Flying Museum
9 Vocal Expressions
10 Mesa Mayor and Council
11 Arizona Cobras
12 Miss Arizona & Miss Arizona Teen
13 Johnson Roofing / In-Country Vietnam Veterans
14 Army Marshal, Bob King
15 ASU Army ROTC
16 Red Mountain High School Marching Band
17 VFW Post 1760 Mesa
18 Military Police Regimental Association Grand Canyon Chapter
19 Disabled American Veterans East Valley Chapter 8
20 Girl Scout troop 595
21 Girl Scouts Gilbert Service Unit
22 Girl Scouts troop 3786
23 Mesa Girl Scouts
24 Navy Marshals Jim and Carol Ellis
25 Dress For Success
26 Veteran Navy Officer Telford Chapman’s Descendants
27 Mesa Community College
28 Distinguished Flying Cross Society, Phoenix Chapter
29 The American Legion, Pablo J Cortez, Post 26, Department of Arizona
30 Arizona Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
31 Arizona Roller Girls
32 AirForce Marhsal, Ross “Kemo” Eckel
33 The Grateful Descendants
34 Thesman Communities RED Friday Patriots
35 Beehive Dance Studio
36 American Airlines Veteran/Military Employee Business Resource Group
37 American Heritage Girls troop AZ 1226
38 American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3130
39 American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 1318
40 American Heritage Girls Troop AZ 3125 & AZ 1013
41 Mountain View High School Toro Marching Band
42 Mesa Park Rangers
43 Robinson Ranch
44 TO BE DETERMINED
45 Semper Fi Heating and Cooling
46 The Crisis 22 Project
47 USMC Marshal, David Minick
48 960 The Patriot
49 Coast Guard Marshal, Jack Isaacson
50 USCG Auxiliary
51 TOGETHER PINK NETWORK
52 Mesa Public Schools
53 Maricopa County Cinderella
54 Mesa High Marching Band
55 National Guard
56 Town of Gilbert
57 Gilbert Fire & Rescue
58 Dance Studio C
59 7Slots Society AZ
60 Boy Scout Troop 54
61 Cub Scout Pack 178
62 BSA Scout Pack & Troop 653
63 Muscular Moving Men
64 Desert Region of the Kaiser Frazer Owners Club International
65 Trail Life
66 The Mesa Hohokams
67 TO BE DETERMINED
68 Wagner Dance Arts
69 Belles of Liberty
70 Fremont Junior High Service Builders Club
71 Remembering Our Veterans
72 Hawesaholics
73 Lifted High Garage Door Repair
74 SRP
75 Divine Dance Team
76 College Bound
77 Fallen Soldiers Memorial – Westwood HS AFJROTC, Mesa HS AFJROTC, Dobson HS AFJROTC
78 Mesa Buckhorn Elks Lodge #2656 & Boy Scout Troop 10
79 Dobson High Marching Band
80 Arizona Elk Society
81 InFamous Mopar AZ
82 Mesa Art League Veteran Artists
83 Queen of Peace Catholic School
84 East valley model T club
85 The Little Flower’s Club
86 Purple Heart Desert Thrift Shop
87 Free and Accepted Mason (aka East Valley Masonic Family)
88 Mesa Veterans Resource Center
89 Hager Family
90 EAGLE Mesa Flyers Cheerleaders
91 Prince Hall Shriners
92 First Presbyterian Church Mesa
93 Mariposa Gardens Cemetery and Funeral Care
94 Boeing
95 TO BE DETERMINED
96 Lehi Veterans

General Information for Each Participant

Hydration

Please plan to BRING WATER and any other supplies you and your group members might need. EVVP will not have water available.

Parking

There is no reserved or dedicated parking for non-parade vehicles in the staging areas. There are many on-street parking areas available adjacent to the parade route and several parking garages in the center of Mesa. It is strongly suggested that you make a trip to the parade area prior to parade date to develop a parking plan for parade day.

First Aid

Notify any EVVP Staff member if you have need of first aid or medical assistance.

Toilets

Portable toilets are located at various points in the staging and de-staging areas. Handicap toilets are available.

Questions

Please direct questions to any EVVP Staff member once you are parked.

No Stopping

Be advised that your unit is not allowed to stop during the parade. Please maintain an estimated 30 feet between your unit and the unit in front of you.

No Throwing

You are prohibited from throwing anything to spectators; candy, gum and etc. Please be sure this restriction is known and followed by everyone in your group. If you have items to distribute, walk along the Parade route and hand the items to spectators.

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