Parade Volunteers Extraordinaires

Thank you for your help! We really appreciate it. Please mark your calendar and attend the Wednesday July 1st 7 pm organization meeting at the Chatham Community Center in the Conference Room.

The Chatham Independence Day Parade Committee is deeply honored to announce that Sgt. John Zippo, U.S. Army, Ret., Chatham’s oldest Veteran, will serve as the Grand Marshal for this year’s Independence Day Parade. At 102 years young, the South Chatham resident is Chatham’s oldest living veteran, embodying the very definition of patriotism, resilience, and hometown devotion.

This year’s parade theme, “Anchored in Freedom: Timeless Tides & Traditions” finds its perfect representation in Sgt. Zippo. His life is a testament to the extraordinary tradition of service—both to his country on the world stage and to his family right here on the Cape. Serving with the Army’s legendary First Infantry Division in Germany during World War II, Sgt. Zippo’s military service took a historic turn when, instead of being sent home, he was assigned as a guard for the Nuremberg trials. In that role, he famously stood watch over the imprisoned architects of the Third Reich.

Yet, for all his historic military exploits, John often notes that his survival in the war was a blessing meant for a higher purpose closer to home. After returning from Europe, John made a life for his family and eventually came to Chatham and became a fiercely dedicated caregiver to his special-needs son—a role he fulfilled with the same quiet strength and loyalty he gave to his country.

“Sgt. John Zippo represents the very best of the Greatest Generation,” said the Parade Committee. “His bravery in uniform is matched only by his kindness as a neighbor and his devotion as a father. We are profoundly humbled to have him lead our parade.”

Please join us in celebrating and thanking Sgt. John Zippo for his lifetime of service, sacrifice, and love for our community.

PACKET PICK UP:

Friday June 26th from 4 pm – 6 pm

Saturday June 27th from 9 am – 1 pm

Please make every effort to pick up your packet during one of these times. If you cannot, you must check in with a Parade Monitor stationed at the Chatham Town Fish Pier by 8:30am prior to positioning on Shore Road on the morning of July 4th. 

Order	Entry Name
1	Chatham Police Department
2	Chatham Veterans
3	Chatham Veterans’ Auxiliary
4	U.S. Coast Guard Station Chatham
5	U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
6	Chatham Fire Department
7	Chatham Town Flag
8	Chatham Select Board
9	The Chatham Band
10	Grand Marshal
11	Phillips Farm Family
12	Chatham Athletic Association – Chatham Anglers Baseball
13	Chatham Elementary School
14	DY Marching Band
15	Robert Carleton
16	Friends of Chatham Waterways
17	Stage Harbor Yacht Club
18	Summer Sitters
19	Life is Good Chatham
20	Monamoy yacht club
21	Model A Club of Cape Cod
22	Shore Thing Cape Cod
23	Chatham Yacht Club
24	Chatham Fiddle
25	Sandy Leith
26	The Grateful Mug
27	Witches On the Water
28	Cape Cod Sail and Power Squadron
29	Chatham Marconi Maritime Center / Marconi-RCA Wireless Museum
30	Bob Small
31	OH MY DOG! Adventures
32	The Nines Art Gallery
33	CAMPUS – by Apron Studios LLC
34	John Avery
35	J. Place and the Rockers
36	Chatham Municipal Airport
37	Yankee Ingenuity
38	First Night Chatham
39	Bongiovanni-Patterson Families
40	Chatham Yoga
41	Shore Things Environmental
42	Elwood’s Raw Bars
43	Steve grande
44	Muto Construction
45	Adam Hogue for County Commissioner
46	Northeast Portable Restrooms
47	Cape Stretch Co.
48	Digny Fingus
49	Cape Cod Wind and Weather, Inc.
50	Barrows Waste Systems, LLC
51	The Fisher Family
52	Chatham Bars Inn
53	John C Domos Carpentry
54	Boot Camp Chatham
55	Magner Family
56	Hey Joe and Jam
57	Chatham Democratic Town Committee
58	Propr Care LLC
59	The King Fish Band
60	Liam Goley
61	The Chatham Squire
62	Rory Nickerson
63	Rick and Cindy Kienzle
64	Chatham Inn
65	Bob Mahoney
66	HardTop Hotel South Coast and Cape Cod
67	Tyler Macallister for Congress
68	Cape Shark
69	The Hurley Family
70	Candy cane car pogodave
71	kelley coulson family
72	Proulx-Lynch Family
73	Cape Cod Beach Chair Company
74	Redemption Rock Church
75	MAHI GOLD
76	GUSTARE GOURMET
77	Chatham Orpheum Theater
78	Michelle Romano, ROMAN MEDIA PRODUCTIONS tv series “Chatham”
79	Pit Stop Mobile Auto Detailing
80	Bucas Tuscan Roadhouse/Depot Dogs
81	Bask Suncare
82	Albert J Howes, Jr.
83	CRAP COD
84	chatham pottery
85	The Young Family
86	eXp Realty LLC
87	Santa
88	The Invincible Casuals
89	That’s all Folks

EARLY PACKET PICK UP:

Friday June 26th from 4 pm – 6 pm

Saturday June 27th from 9 am – 1 pm

Please make every effort to pick up your packet during one of these times.