When entry applications closed on Sunday, June 21, for the 2026 North Dakota State Parade, the final tally was 220 entries, according to Twyla School, parade chairman.

The 44th parade, with the theme, “Honoring 250 years of Heroes,” will be held Saturday, July 18. The parade starts at 9:15 a.m. and follows Burdick Expressway East from Broadway through the N.D. State Fairgrounds.

This year the N.D. State Parade Committee has selected the Western North Dakota Honor Flight as the grand marshal.