Past, Present, and Future on Parade

Come celebrate Founder's Day and see the Past, Present, and Future of Willow Glen on parade! Community organizations from Willow Glen and surrounding areas will be participating in the Founder's Day parade with displays of spirit themed to honor the Willow Glen of days gone past to the present day and into the future. Your group can join in on the festivities too! All you have to do is download the Founder's Day Parade application, fill it out, and return it to the Willow Glen Business Association office no later than 5pm on August 25th.

The parade will start in Willow Glen at the corner of Lincoln Ave. and Coe Ave and proceed down Lincoln Ave. to Willow St. Please see this Founder's Day Parade Map for more information. If you need tips on how to get to Willow Glen, please see our Maps page.

This year's Founder's Day Parade will be again kick off the Italian American Heritage Foundation's popular Italian Family Festival. Immediately following the commencement of the Founder's Day Parade, the 28th Annual Italian Family Festa will take over Downtown Willow Glen with great displays of culture, entertainment, and (of course) food!

Watch the Founder's Day Parade Live Online!

If you can't be in Willow Glen to catch the parade, we've got a special surprise for you. This year we'll be webcasting a live video feed of the parade on our website. To watch the video, go to the 2008 Founder's Day Parade Video page. To avoid delays in viewing our live webcast, make sure that you have the current version of the current version of Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer.