Rainy Lewisburg parade draws crowds to honor Union County veterans
Rain soaked downtown Lewisburg, but hundreds still lined the parade route to salute more than 100 veterans as the Union County celebration marked its 30th year.
Rain did not push back the Union County Veterans’ Fourth of July Gala Parade in Lewisburg, where hundreds of people in ponchos and under umbrellas lined the downtown route Saturday morning to cheer more than 100 veterans. The turnout gave the borough’s long-running holiday ritual a scene of steady applause and wet pavement instead of a pause for weather.
The parade began at 10 a.m. at 8th and Market streets, moved through downtown via 3rd Street, and finished at University Ave. and St. George Street. Organizers described the event as rain or shine, and the route still filled with families, church groups, civic organizations and downtown visitors who came out to recognize service members in person.
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity was among the participants in the procession, adding to the ceremonial feel of a morning that was framed locally as an America250 parade. Union County Veterans’ Fourth of July Committee President Terry Burke said this year’s celebration stood apart because it marked both the parade’s 30th anniversary and America’s 250th birthday.
The weekend celebration started before the parade, with a Friday night concert at Wolfe Field followed by a drone light show and fireworks at dusk. The full schedule kept people downtown across two days and extended the holiday beyond a single march through Lewisburg’s center. For the committee that organizes the event, the parade is one piece of a larger annual gathering that brings veterans, families and businesses into the same public space.
Local coverage showed that the weather did not dull the response from the crowd or the meaning of the morning for the veterans being honored. Several veterans said the support mattered, and the reaction from residents in the rain underscored why the parade has endured as one of Union County’s most visible civic traditions. Earlier coverage has noted that the event has drawn thousands in past years and has become a fixture of downtown Lewisburg, where it continues to serve as a living public ritual for the county’s veterans and their families.
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