WOOGMS
Linda Zabors
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
Honorary Chicago Guidebook, Second Edition, Michigan Avenue and Beyond