PHOTOS – Fleetwood parade celebrates borough’s 150th anniversary

By The Citizen on October 7, 2023

The Fleetwood Council of Community Organizations and Fleetwood Fire Company organized a parade on Saturday, Sept. 30, to celebrate Fleetwood Borough’s 150th anniversary.

Fleetwood Borough Recreation Board celebrates the borough's 150th anniversary at he parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager) — Fleetwood Borough Recreation Board celebrates the borough’s 150th anniversary at he parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager)

Prior to Fleetwood's 150th anniversary parade, the annual Main Street Fair took place on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that included Fleetwood area merchants, restaurants, and crafters on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager) — Prior to Fleetwood’s 150th anniversary parade, the annual Main Street Fair took place on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that included Fleetwood area merchants, restaurants, and crafters on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager)

More than 50 fire apparatus drove in the Fleetwood Borough 150th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager)

The Fleetwood Area High School Class of 1968 participated in the Fleetwood Borough 150th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager) — The Fleetwood Area High School Class of 1968 participatedin the Fleetwood Borough 150th Anniversary Parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager)

Fleetwood Borough celebrates Fleetwood's 150th anniversary at the parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager) — Fleetwood Borough celebrates Fleetwood’s 150th anniversary at the parade on Saturday, Sept. 30. (Submitted photo by Chris Young, Fleetwood Borough Manager)

The two-hour parade over 50 fire apparatus and more than 120 participants including two Mummers bands from Philadelphia. A crowd lined the parade route that started at Fleetwood Area High School and wrapped around town down Main Street and then back to the school.