Join us in downtown Wheaton for the annual Independence Day parade! The parade kicks off at 10A and features floats from local businesses and organizations.
Join Wheaton’s 2025 Independence Day Parade to celebrate with your community!
Be sure to decorate your parade entry in red, white, and blue to celebrate the 2025 theme of Stars, Stripes, and Summer!
For the safety of all parade participants, spectators, and volunteers, please stay at or behind the curb at all times.
This year, the parade’s Grand Marshal will be Wheaton resident, Steven Fixler, a retired U.S. Army Major, who completed 25 years of service from 1979-2004 as both an Armor Enlisted and Armor Officer.
As an officer, Steven Fixler held the positions as a Tank Platoon Leader and Tank Company Executive Officer, Scout Platoon Leader and Headquarters Company Executive Officer (West Germany), where he also deployed to Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Tank Company Commander (Ft. Carson, CO), Tank Battalion Executive Officer (South Korea) and Cavalry Squadron Operations Officer (Ft. Knox, KY).
During his career, he also held positions as an Observer/Trainer for National Guard units, Assistant Professor of Military Science (University of Minnesota) and Operations Officer for United States Army Troop Command – Korea (Yongsan).
From 2002-2010, he volunteered at the U.S. Army Armor Museum/Patton Museum. Since 2005, he has volunteered at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, where he gives tours of the Main Exhibit Hall and the Tank Park. Steven currently works for the Veterans Assistance Commission of DuPage County.
Sponsored by:
Jerry Haggerty Chevrolet
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