86th annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade

The 86th annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade was held Saturday, May 18, 2024.

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Sat., May 18, 2024

Volunteers carry posters with information about law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty as part of the Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

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Air Force service members wave from a float carrying a replica of a KC-135 refueling tanker aircraft participates in the Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Members of the U.S. Navy Band Northwest, based in Silverdale, Washington, dance down Sprague Avenue while playing in the annual Lilac Festival's Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

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The Davenport High School band, whose mascot is the Gorillas, begin playing on Washington Street near the beginning of the annual Lilac Festival's Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

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Lilac Festival Queen Madeleine Froese, right, of Lewis and Clark High School, and the other princesses begins waving as the annual Lilac Festival’s Armed Forces Torchlight Parade begins moving on the Washington Street Bridge Saturday, May 18, 2024 into downtown Spokane, Washington.

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An Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft roars overhead as the annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, with the Lilac Festival queen and her court on their float, begins moving Saturday into downtown.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
NASA astronaut Anne McClain waves from the passenger seat of a hotrod during the Lilac Festival's Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

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The first high school band unit to march, the University High Titans cheer, band and flag units begin their routines even before crossing onto the parade route on Washington Street at the annual Lilac Festival's Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
U.S. Air Force servicemen break ranks and run along First Avenue high-fiving spectators during the Lilac Festival's Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Saturday, May 18, 2024 in downtown Spokane, Washington.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review