The parade of more than 60 entries will make its way to Congress Street, through Market Square, up Pleasant Street and conclude on Junkins Avenue. The Portsmouth Fire Department has been organizing the annual event since 1995. Each year, the event has gotten bigger. Prescott Park has an entry, the Red Cross is bringing its disaster van, a six-horse team of Clydesdales will pull a carriage for the Edgewood Centre and a sidesaddle equestrian group will also ride through. The Portsmouth Livery will pull a carriage bearing the SPCA goat Binx.
People are welcome to show up and join in.
Portsmouth Postal Service workers will be there, said head of personnel Kristen Donald. There's no postage required. But the event will require a little understanding from motorists. Portsmouth police say people should remove vehicles from Congress and Pleasant streets to make way. They should also plan for heavy traffic in the Islington Street area from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to a police statement.