(La Porte, IN) - Six dignitaries will share honors of marshaling this year's La Porte 4th of July Parade.

The theme of this year's parade is "Made in America – With Home Town Pride." By naming multiple parade marshals, organizers are trying to spotlight La Porte County's many homegrown sucess stories.

The following honorees will be featured throughout the parade route:

• Grand Parade Marshal-- The New York Blower Company, which has been a LaPorte manufacturer since 1919.
• Honorary Grand Marshals-- Craig Dwight, a 2023 recipient of the State’s Sagamore of the Wabash Award and Julie West, whose decade-long work to get Jake’s Law passed paid off this year.
• Celebration Marshals include the 2023 3A State Champion New Prairie softball team, New Prairie assistant football coach Bill Gumm, who was named Indiana Assistant Coach of the Year, and the Slicer Tech robotics team, which recently competed on the world competition stage.

The parade will start followng a military flyover after 10:00 a.m.