The Returned Peace Corps Community has been selected from among groups around the country to march in the Presidential Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2009.
We've applied for each parade in recent history and last participated in 1997.
A total of 200 marchers will carry flags and banners from every Peace Corps country. Marchers will need to be available to meet at the starting point at 8:00am that morning to go through the security process. You must be able to stand OUTSIDE all day - perhaps until after dark - and carry a 5 lb flag while walking. The Parade will happen rain/snow/shine and all marchers should be prepared for a very cold day. Because of security protocol, we must submit marchers' names a month in advance and there are no substitutions.
Members of the National Peace Corps Association are encouraged to put your name into a lottery to be selected at random to march in the Parade. You must include your NPCA member ID number with your submission.
All entries are due by December 15. No exceptions for late entries. Incomplete entries and entries from non-NPCA members will not be considered. We will notify all selected marchers via email by December 23.
Full details are available on the NPCA website.
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