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We are planning to take our ideals to the streets … in the Western Kentucky Labor Day Parade! The parade will take place on Monday, September 7th, in the morning. Line up begins at 8:30 am CDT. The parade start time is 9:30 am CDT.
Four Rivers Indivisible will march and/or ride in the parade again this year. Our theme will be, once again, simply #WorkersOverBillionaires. We are taking this action purely in support of workers, and we will limit our messaging to that. We will supply hand held signs/fans and posters and small American flags for participants to carry. Signs/posters brought by participants will require approval by FRI leadership on site before they may be included in the event. And … we will be handing out candy to the parade spectators, of course! We encourage you to bring a bag or two of your favorite individually wrapped candies for that purpose.
This is a family-friendly event. Bring your friends AND your family! (Children must have a supervising adult with them.)
The parade, which has a theme of “RED, WHITE, & BLUE! BUILT BY YOU – PADUCAH UNIONS,” begins at 13th and Broadway and continues down Broadway to 2nd Street. Afterward, there is a Labor Day celebration at the Farmer’s Market downtown, including a car show, live music, food trucks and inflatables.
We will need enough people to walk to have one at each vehicle axle and let people take breaks walking vs riding, so please sign up and come out to help us step up and speak up in support of our Labor partners.
Our group’s MEETUP location will be with the other political entries in the parking lot at Patrick Furniture (1428 Broadway).
Please NOTE you WILL NOT be able to drive on Broadway, but will access this parking lot by turning onto 15th Street from Kentucky Avenue (see map).
Also, we will not be able to park our cars in this lot. We can access it to drop off our participants, but will need to park elsewhere. The parade organizers have indicated any of the side streets around there are fine … and its possible you will be able to park in the lot at Paducah Power. Some of us parked there last year. You can always ask one of the parade workers where you can park. Please let us know if you have mobility issues that will prevent you from walking from your car to the parking lot where we are meeting with our float.
Added 9/2: The weather forecast looks more like the 4th of July than Labor Day. Please dress and prepare (water, sunscreen, hat or umbrella for shade) appropriately, for a mid-summer morning. We will have water on the float and our hand-held signs are designed to be used as fans!
PLEASE WATCH YOUR EMAIL before the event so that you will be aware of any last minute changes or additional information.
Thank you! We are looking forward to stepping up to support Labor with you!