Don’t miss out to see Heath’s Hero Car in the Timken Grand National Profootball Hall of Fame Parade.
Date/Time/Location
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Step-off at 8:00 am
Downtown Canton – Cleveland Ave
The Timken Grand Parade has been a tradition since 1963 when 40,000 spectators attended the first parade. Since then, it has grown to enormous proportions and achieved tremendous popularity, with a crowd of 200,000 lining the 2.2 mile parade route each year and millions more viewing it via the television broadcast.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Timken Grand Parade is one of the largest in the nation, and the Enshrinement Festival has been voted one of the top 100 attractions in North America by the American Bus Association. The parade typically features approximately 125 entries, including spectacular floats, marching bands, helium balloons, clowns and costume characters, unique specialty units, returning Hall of Famers, and the current class of Enshrinees and their presenters