🏆 Congratulations to Our 2026 Independence Day Parade Award Winners!

It takes imagination, creativity, countless hours of planning, and plenty of hard work to make the Lake of the Woods Independence Day Parade one of our community's most cherished traditions. To every participant, volunteer, organization, business, and first responder who helped make this year's parade so memorable during our nation's 250th anniversary celebration—thank you!

On behalf of all of us at the Lake of the Woods Association, congratulations to this year's award winners:

🏅 Most Spirited Participant: LOW Lions Club
US!  Most Patriotic Participant: LOW Lioness Club
🌼 Best LOW Club Entry: LOW Garden Club
🥁 Best Marching Entry: Orange County Sheriff's Department
🚒 Best Appearing Float: Richardsville Fire & Rescue – Gator 6
🚛 Best Appearing Commercial Truck: REC Cooperative
🚜 Best Appearing Low Boy Float/Trailer: BZ Excavation / LOW Veterans
🔥 Best Brush Truck: Mine Run Brush Truck
🚒 Best Appearing Fire Apparatus: LOW Fire & Rescue #29
🚑 Best Appearing EMS Apparatus: Richardsville Fire & Rescue Medic 6-1
🚒 Best Appearing Antique Apparatus: Babcock Family – 1986 Grumman
🚒 Best Appearing Specialty Unit: LOW Fire & Rescue #29 – Brush Truck
🏥 Best Appearing BLS/ALS Unit: UVA Health – Culpeper
🎉 Most Spirited Float: LOW Barracuda Swim Team
👏 Crowd Favorite: Rappahannock River Witches
🍖 Best Appearing Commercial Float: Mission BBQ
⭐ Judges' Choice Award: LOWLINC
🎨 Most Creative Float: LOW Cub Scout Pack 197
🏡 Best Business Float: LOW Clubhouse

And for everyone already thinking ahead...it's never too early to start planning for next year's parade! Keep those toolboxes open, fire up your imaginations, gather your teams, and start dreaming up your next award-winning entry. We can't wait to see what you bring to the streets of Lake of the Woods in 2027!

Congratulations again to all of this year's participants and winners—you helped make our Independence Day celebration one to remember!