The Wellington-Oakdale Old Glory Marching Society (Woogms) has been hosting a neighborhood parade every Memorial Day and Labor Day since 1963. It continues to be hosted by local residents and features the Jesse White Tumblers and Drum Corps. Everyone participates in the parade by walking seven blocks with flags, family, kids, pets, bikes, and scooters.

The tagline of the parade is “Everyone marches, nobody watches!”
…except for the 2020 Memorial Day Woogms Parade, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, when “nobody marched, everyone watched.”

Honorary Woogms alley

North Pine Grove Avenue between West Oakdale Avenue and West Wellington Avenue

Approved:

Ward: 44

Neighborhood: Lakeview

near
The starting point of the Woogms Parade

Source

https://www.facebook.com/Woogms

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cSD4IyhIk/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://youtu.be/cfM0Yk8JcKw?si=pucgFV-PeXLstoCe

https://www.youtube.com/live/ME0JwesEIuo?si=4RKln5mOtdf5FZeJ

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