2025 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE

Friday, July 4th 4:00 PM - Fireworks at Dusk

Please note that details for this event may change. Check back often for additional updates.

Theme: Stars, Stripes and Squirtguns

Once again the Watertown Chamber of Commerce is hosting our annual parade in Watertown in honor of Independence Day, the Fourth of July! We are quickly becoming known for our tradition of ‘getting wet’ and we will continue again this year! Bring your squirt guns because it’s time for "Stars, Stripes and Squirt Guns"!

Again this year there will be a NO-squirt zone. At the end of the parade we will have a section of participants who do NOT wish to get wet, and will NOT be carrying any squirt guns or water. While we all enjoy getting a little wet on a hot July afternoon, there are some who can not, however they do wish to participate and honor our Independence Day tradition. If you would like to enter the parade and NOT get wet there is a section on the entry form to indicate this.

ABSOLUTELY NO WATER BALLOONS ALLOWED! The Parade starts at Round Lick Baptist Church and proceeds East down Main Street and ends at Sparta Pike / Highway 70.

Fireworks at Dusk

Fireworks will be in the same location again this year - in the fields behind Three Forks Park, so grab a lawn chair and join your neighbors!

The actual start time depends on the weather and the darkness - the show is best enjoyed in the dark!

Once again the Watertown fireworks are sponsored by the City of Watertown and the Watertown Chamber of Commerce - and this year Historic Watertown has also joined to make our annual show the best ever!

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. All entries must be received no later than July 1, 2025 in order the be included and announced in
the parade.
2. No Entry Fee for non-profits, schools, churches. ALL OTHERS, Entry Fee $25. Fees must be
turned in with applications by July 1st
3. All entrants are asked to be at the line-up (Round Lick Church Parking Lots) no later than 3:00 p.m.
on July 4th.
4. Horse/Donkey/Mule Entries: All horses, donkeys, mules or other riding animals must either wear a
bag or device on rear to catch any excrements, or alternately riders may choose the pay a $10 clean
up fee per horse. Clean up fees must be turned in with applications by June 30th
5. No one will be allowed to tag onto the end of the parade line-up once the parade begins.
Participants arriving after 3 p.m. will not be allowed to participate

For Information, contact the Watertown Chamber of Commerce.

Entry forms may be sent to the Watertown Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 5, Watertown, TN 37184.

Entry forms may also be turned in at Wilson Bank or Watertown-Wilson Public Library

The parade route begins at Round Lick Baptist Church parking lot a 745 W. Main St and ends at the end of East Main St in Watertown

Have a Safe and Happy 4th of July!

Best regards,

The Watertown Chamber of Commerce