The 2024 Chatham Independence Day Parade winners, as selected by parade judges Chuck Borkoski, Stuart Smith, and Yu Ying Zou, are:

Overall 1st Place   Phillips Farm Family

Overall Second Place  The Magner Family

Overall Third Place   Witches on the Water

Best Family Entry   The FitzGerald Family

Best Youth Entry   Ken Owens Memorial Soccer Jamboree

Most Patriotic Entry   Chatham Bars Inn

Funniest Entry   Chatham Municipal Airport

Best Civic Entry   Chatham Elementary School

Best Business Entry   Exit Merchandise

The Phillips Farm Family name will once again be added to the Independence Day Parade trophy, and the other winners will each receive a plaque at the July 23rd Select Board meeting.

The Chatham Independence Day Parade Committee is excited to announce that the singer of the National Anthem for the 2024 parade will be Leyla Holmes, who is a Monomoy High School student.

Our honored judges will be:

Chuck Borkoski, who suggested the theme for this year’s parade

Stuart Smith, the recently retired Chatham Harbormaster

and, following a long-standing tradition of inviting the Monomoy High School Valedictorian, we are pleased to have Yu Ying Zou as the final judge.

We are proud to announce some of the esteemed participants in the 2024 Chatham July 4th Parade: 

GRAND MARSHAL

The Grand Marshal for the 2024 parade will be Karl Fehrle. 

Karl Fehrle, a long-time Chatham resident, will be the Grand Marshal for this year’s Independence Day Parade.  Mr. Fehrle is a US military veteran of WWII and a member of the Chatham Band, where he plays saxophone and is well know for his solos on “Somewhere Over the  Rainbow” and “What a Wonderful World”.  Mr. Fehrle will soon celebrate his 103rd birthday!

The Chatham Independence Day Parade Committee would like to bring back an old tradition for 2024 – Parade Marshals. Parade Marshals help keep the parade moving in a timely and orderly fashion so that the spectators and participants can enjoy the parade without lengthy gaps between entries. Keeping the parade moving helps keep spectators safe and off the parade route and makes the day more enjoyable for all. Marshals will receive and wear the same colorful shirts and hats worn by Chatham IDPC members and walk alongside the parade entries as they pass through town. The IDPC will also recognize all those who volunteer their time for the job! If you are 16 or older and have an interest in working with us as a Parade Marshal to continue the great history of the Chatham Independence Day Parade, please click on this link. The Chatham IDPC will contact you.

The Parade Committee is now accepting suggestions for the 2024 Independence Day Parade.

Have an idea that you would like to be considered? Then head over to our theme submissions page here  and the Committee will review your submission.

Deadline for submissions is February 29th, 2024.

Thank you!!!