The Marshall University Student Government Association is once again organizing the annual Marshall University Homecoming Parade, which will be held on Thursday, Oct. 7.
Parade Route
The Marshall Homecoming parade takes place in downtown Huntington, West Virginia. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Fourth Avenue at Tenth Street and travel east to Hal Greer Boulevard where it will move up to Fifth Avenue and continue east to 17th Street at Harless Dining Hall.
Livestream
If you are not able to make it to Huntington for the parade, you can watch a LIVE broadcast of the parade on the Marshall University Alumni Association’s Facebook page or on Marshall University’s Facebook page.
Parade Participants
The parade line-up will begin at 5:00 p.m. and the parade will start at 6:30 p.m. on the corner of Tenth Street and Fourth Avenue. Floats will be judged during the parade. Local organizations who would like to participate are invited to fill out a registration form at http://bit.ly/MUHomecoming2021. The deadline to register is Sept. 30.
Grand Marshals
This year’s Homecoming Grand Marshals are the players, coaches, and staff of the Young Thundering Herd, the renowned 1971 Thundering Herd football team that helped set the benchmark for a return to prominence for Marshall University and its football program. One year after the devastating 1970 plane crash that took the lives of 75 members of the Marshall family, a team of freshmen and walk-ons, aptly dubbed the Young Thundering Herd, began what would go on to become one of the greatest comeback stories ever told. The team will be lead by Young Thundering Herd member and 1974 team captain Allen Meadows and Lucianne Call, former cheerleader and daughter of former director of athletics Charlie E. Kautz who perished on Southern Airways Flight 932.
This year, the Young Thundering Herd is celebrating its 50th anniversary season.
Bonfire and Pep Rally
A bonfire is once again scheduled to take place immediately following the parade on Harless Field (located between Harless Dining Hall and City National Bank). Due to community health concerns related to COVID-19, the bonfire event has been modified. Yard games will be available and music will be played on site by Marshall University’s radio station, 88.1, WMUL-FM.
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