4th of July Children's Parade - Old-Fashioned 4th at St. Michaels Museum

St. Michaels Museum at St. Mary’s Square sponsors a traditional Independence Day Celebration, at their Museum located at 201 East Chestnut Street on St. Mary’s Square, featuring exhibits like the “Frederick Douglass’s Years in St. Michaels & Talbot County”. 

The Children’s Parade will kick off the celebration on July 4th, usually beginning at 10:00am. All children, residents or visitors, are welcome to participate. Patriotic dress is encouraged for children, bicycles, tricycles, wagons, and pets! The parade route will begin at St. Michaels Museum (201 East Chestnut Street) at 10:00am, they will head west to Talbot St., turn north until reaching Willow St. (just past Christ Church), at which time they will continue to Church St. then down Mulberry St. until reaching St. Mary’s Square and arriving back to St. Michaels Museum. Following the parade on the museum lawn, children will enjoy a magic show, special children activities and much more. Refreshments will be available for purchase at this event.

• At 11:00am our Traditional Program will begin with Boy Scout Troup 741 raising the flag and leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
• A formal program will follow on our Teetotum Porch with a Benediction, patriotic and folk songs, and a featured speaker.
• St. Michaels Museum will be open after the program.

Come join us to celebrate our Nation’s Birthday!