Staff Report Benicia Main Street announced the winners for the entries in the annual 4th of July Torchlight Parade. Taking first place in the local float competition was the Benicia Moms Group with its colorful representation of a caterpillar, beating out the respective second and third-place winners Benicia Little League and BDES Portuguese Holy Ghost […]
PHOTOS: 2018 Torchlight Parade
Harold Bray to serve as grand marshal in Torchlight Parade
Harold Bray, a Benicia resident and World War II veteran who was one of more than 300 people to survive the sinking of a naval cruiser, will be serving as the grand marshal at this year’s 3rd of July Torchlight Parade. Bray enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at the age of 17. He was […]
Photo: A colorful cast of characters
City gears up for 4th of July parade tomorrow
Once again, Benicia will be going all out with its celebration of America’s founding. Monday is the annual Torchlight Parade where local businesses, organizations and elected officials decorate vehicles or floats and drive them down First Street to show their spirit in a parade. The grand marshals this year are Bill and Leeann Cawley of […]
Benicia by Torchlight: Annual Third of July parade to be marshaled by city theater group
This year’s Torchlight Parade that starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on First Street has an unusual grand marshal — the Benicia Old Town Theatre Group. BOTTG President Dan Clark said this may be the first time an organization, rather than an individual or couple, has been the parade’s grand marshal. It was an apt choice. […]