Parade Rules
All Entries
All entries are required to fill out a registration form unless invited by VET Inc. Please follow the directions of VET Inc volunteers, City of Tallahassee and Leon County employees at all times. Failure to follow instructions will result in removal from the parade on a temporary or permanent basis.
There will be no walking along the periphery of the route. Please maintain a distance of at least two (2) feet from the barriers. There will be no throwing and or handing out of material and or items from the parade route. No Exceptions. If your organization wishes to distribute something, please do so from the sidewalk or reserve a space at VETFest.
Please do not disembark your entry on East Madison Street (end of route). VET Inc volunteers, City of Tallahassee and Leon County employees will direct you to an area to disembark.
The only authorized flags allowed to be displayed are:
- US
- POW/MIA
- State
- Government Organizational
- Service Branch
- Unit Guidon
Participation is at the discretion of VET Inc.
No political material
No entry may display, conspicuously or otherwise easily viewable from the parade route, any form of political material. This includes but not limited to items such as a candidate endorsement (name, position seeking party affiliation) and or items and statements that a reasonable person would find political in nature.
When such material is affixed to a vehicle and is not easily removable, it should be covered in a reasonable fashion. Said covering must not be removed while the entry is an active participant in the parade.
In the case of a government organization, entries will refrain from displaying the title, party affiliation and or name of the individual when the head of the organization is an elected official.
VET Inc reserves the right to assess if any part of the entry may be consider political in nature and refuse participation.
Walking Entries
Walking entries are limited to the following:
- Marching Bands
- ROTC and JROTC
- Honor and Color Guards
- Military affiliated groups and organizations
All participants of a walking entry must be a member of the organization. If we believe that someone is not part of the organization, they will be asked to leave the staging area. In the case of non compliance, your organization and or entry will be removed from the parade.
Vehicles and Floats
All passengers must be safely and securely in the entry. Any entry deemed unsafe will be asked to leave the staging area. All entries should be decorated in a manner consistent with the theme of the year, in a patriotic and or in a reasonable manner that honors veterans.
All entries must enter the staging area at the intersection of North Monroe Street and East Brevard Street from the south bound lane. No exceptions.
Commercial
Commercial vehicles with promotional signage on vehicle exposed will be charged a $ 125 entry fee, the exception will be media vehicles and sponsors. Sponsorship starts at $250.
Staging Times
A-B (special entries, lead band, grand marshal): 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
C-D (government, law enforcement, public safety, reserved): 8:30 AM 9:15 AM
E-F (veterans, veteran service organizations, military, military related, sponsors): 8:30 AM 9:30 AM
G-H (general entries on first come first staged basis): 9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Non vehicle entries regardless of block assignment: By 10:00 AM
