If there’s one thing you can depend on, it’s Flag Day in Three Oaks!
The Three Oaks Flag Day Parade will be celebrating 70 years on June 12, at 2:30 p.m. with a flag-raising ceremony at the corner of Elm and Maple Street. At 3 p.m. a flyover of a WWII military plane will fly over Downtown Three Oaks to signify the start of the 70th Flag Day Parade.
Continuously growing, the Three Oaks Flag Day event has grown to now include a weekend of events. The Three Oaks Flag Day Committee is excited to be celebrating the weekend-long event again with the annual 5K/Walk, live music, food stand, Motorcycle Poker Run, Flag Day Market Quilts of Valor presentation, pet parade, and the Nation’s Largest Flag Day Parade. The 70-year celebration is the long-time community tradition of honoring the American Flag, veterans of all wars, current servicemen and women, our country, and our freedom.
The 70th Three Oaks Flag Day Parade will be held on Sunday, June 12, at 3 p.m. with the route starting at Buckeye Street and will move south on Elm Street and turns west on Linden Street, ending at the American Legion. This patriotic parade is free to attend.
“Flag Day has always been a tradition of generations of friends and family coming together to enjoy one another and give patronage to our wonderful country. We’re excited to be part of another Quilts of Valor presentation and to be bringing back the cutest part of the weekend with the pet parade,” said Three Oaks Flag Day Chairman Dyane Thomas. “The 70th celebration is going to be fun for all.”
The 2022 Flag Day Parade will be honoring Grand Marshal, Gloria Priest, who served in the Army in Korean War in 1950-1951. In addition to the many service units, tractors, and classic cars, the parade will also include the newly crowned Flag Day Royalty, Princess Kaylee Bahena and Prince Isaac Cummings, Three Oaks/River Valley royalty, and many other community queens.
The fourth annual Three Oaks Flag Day 5K/Walk will be held on Saturday, June 11 at 9am. Stretch your legs and enjoy the beautiful downtown Three Oaks in a fun event. All proceeds from the 5K/Walk go to the Ronald McDonald House and the River Valley Cross Country Team.
To sign up visit, https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/ThreeOaks/FlagDay5KRun.
The weekend will also welcome a special presentation on Saturday, June 11 at 1pm. A Quilts of Valor presentation will be held at the beautiful pavilion of Carver Park. Local veterans will be honored in a special ceremony which will include the gifting of a handmade quilt. “Three Oaks is proud to honor our community, nation, and servicemen and women in the 70th Flag Day Celebration. We are thrilled to host the Berrien Towne and Country Quilters in their Quilts of Valor presentation to Berrien County residents again this year,” remarked Three Oaks Flag Day Co-Chairman Heather Whitlow. “We invite all community members to come and help honor these individuals who are not only part of our community but have served to keep us safe.”
Other weekend events include a pancake breakfast at the Three Oaks Fire Department. Remember Old Glory with the Flag Day Motorcycle Dice Run on Saturday, June 11 starting at American Legion Post 204. Flag Day Market on Saturday and Sunday. Music in the Park at Dewey Cannon Park on Saturday, June 11, BoneNaked at The Featherbone Restaurant on Saturday, June 11, and two days of live entertainment at American Legion Post 204 Under The Pavilion; The Toona’s and PS Dump Your Boyfriend, June 11; Playhouse and Donnie Isaacs, June 12.
For the past 70 years, the Three Oaks Flag Day Parade has been able to give back to the community with a parade honoring the American Flag, Veterans of all wars, current servicemen and women, our country, and our freedom. 2022 Red Sponsors include Three Oaks American Legion Post 204, Corvette Central, Froehlich’s, Horizon Bank, Journeyman Distillery, Mooney’s Blue Moon Ice Cream Shop, Shepherd Hardware, Sherrill Family Farms, Three Oaks Dentistry, and Three Oaks Ford. For more information please visit, www.threeoaksflagday.com.
