The two RV Gypsies at
American Celbration on Parade
262 Caverns Road
Quicksburg, VA 22847
(one mile from I-81, exit 269)
usually open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with last tour beginnning at 4 p.m.
July 12, 2023

American Celebration on Parade is one of America’s most unique museums and offers an up-close experience with parade floats from famous national celebrations including Presidential Inaugural Parades, the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade and much more. On television these floats may seem small, but here, they are larger than life. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime, family-friendly, up-close experience that’s impossible to describe!

The areaa is 40,000 square feet.The two RV Gypsies saw more than 20 full-sized parade floats up close and read how they were created. They also saw backdrops where US Presidents and other famous Americans have stood, including the 60’ long by 40’ US flag used in multiple Presidential Inaugurals beginning with President Reagan’s in 1989. It was later used in President Bush’s and President Obama’s inaugurations. This is shown a bit below.

Earl C. Hargrove, Jr. owned Hargrove, Inc., a company in Lanham, MD that designed parade floats and Presidential Inaugural backdrops beginning with President Truman’s float in 1949. Over the years, these floats and backdrops were brought here to create one of the world’s most interesting museums, opened in 2000. The color, artistry and detail behind each is astounding, and many are made entirely from everyday and natural materials like straw, flowers, seeds, papier mâché, steel and wood. Visit them up close at your own pace.

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