(Michigan City, IN) - Over 90 units are scheduled to be in this year’s Patriotic Parade on Saturday in Michigan City.
According to the city’s special events department, the parade themed "God Bless Our Troops" will begin at 11 a.m. on Franklin St. in the Uptown Arts and District and travel south until reaching Ames Field.
Ames Field is where the Braden Fiske, a Michigan City High School graduate and defense lineman for the Los Angeles Rams, will host a Family Fun Day beginning at 1 p.m.
The event will feature bounce houses and other fun things to do for children along with food trucks and a raffle for a signed Rams helmet, cleats and an all-expenses paid trip to the first Rams game of the season.
Proceeds will go toward Michigan City school athletics.
Fiske is this year’s Honorary Grand Marshal of the parade.
According to the line-up, Fiske will be the 22nd unit in the parade to include other dignitaries like Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch, Congressman Frank Mrvan and Uncle Sam on stilts.
