Category Archives: Holidays

(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the 2024 Palisades Americanism Parade Association Fourth of July Parade program and is reprinted with permission.) By ALISON BURMEISTER It’s that time again for the most festive and highly anticipated day of pomp...

(Editor’s note: With the approaching Fourth of July Parade, it seems appropriate to learn about a prior PAPA President, the late Hank Ullerich, in a 1994 story written by Bill Bruns. Kimi Petrick, the daughter of Bud Petrick, who is...

High school cross country and track runners are invited to participate in the Dick Lemen Run, which coincides with the 5K Will Rogers Run on the 4th of July. Student runners from local high schools run under their school’s name and...

  BANDS: Two opportunities to march in the parade with your old band instrument. All ages welcome: The Oom PaPa band welcomes new members of all ages each year. Please join rehearsals from 10:30 a.m. to noon each Saturday morning,...

By LAURA ABRUSCATO A family project to come up with themes for the Palisades Fourth of July Parade has paid off for longtime Palisadians Dean Grinsfelder and Vicky Collison. Dean’s winning theme for the 2024 parade is “Happy Days in...

Kids are encouraged to decorate bikes/scooters in their best patriotic tradition and enter them in the “Kids on Bikes.” The Yogurt Shoppe, located at 873 Swarthmore, will continue its decade-long tradition of sponsoring the bike unit in the July 4th parade and...

The first annual Memorial Day Service and picnic, organized by the Sons of the American Legion Post 283 was held today, May 27, around noon. Flags lined La Cruz Drive and Alma Real, the route that servicemen, veterans and community...

Memorial Day, which is observed the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service. The day is to memorialize those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Pacific Palisades Scouts, generally...

This year will mark the annual 47th 5/10K Will Rogers 4th of July race. Every year nearly 3,000 register to walk, run or sprint the distances and some even push strollers. There is a cost to register and everyone who...

Businesses and individuals have a chance not only to support the parade, but to have more than 12,500 residents view an advertisement. Annually, the Palisades Americanism Parade Association puts out an OFFICIAL Parade Program. It includes stories about the people,...