Flashing police lights, honking semi truck horns and booming radio music greeted hundreds of people gathered in downtown Cedar Rapids on Saturday for the return of the Freedom Festival parade.
Barnhart said the move gives the parade room to grow.
The 2026 edition of the NMDP moves to a special 10 a.m. start to begin a full day of 250th commemorations For the first time in its 21-year-history, the parade will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET, preceded by ...