Fears of rain and unfriendly electrical storms proved unfounded Saturday as the 2026 Nebraskaland Days on Parade took to North Platte’s main streets.
America’s approaching 250th birthday on July 4 influenced many Nebraskaland Days on Parade participants Saturday, including this float by North Platte Baptist Church representing the eight-year-long American Revolution with British and U.S. watchtowers.
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Nebraskaland Days on Parade 2026
These Platte Valley Shrine Club members upheld a long, widely spread motoring tradition early in Saturday’s Nebraskaland Days on Parade in North Platte.
TODD VON KAMPEN, THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
A North Platte LifeNet medical rescue helicopter team member makes sure his small companion has a bird’s-eye view of Saturday’s Nebraskaland Days parade.
TODD VON KAMPEN, THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
Members of the Nebraska Society of the Sons of the America Revolution begin their march in Saturday’s Nebraskaland Days parade at East Fourth Street and Bryan Avenue in North Platte.
Samson Ndege, The North Platte Telegraph
North Platte High School’s Marching Bulldogs flag corps leads their NPHS band counterparts past Bruce Furniture, 209 E. Fourth St., during Saturday’s annual Nebraskaland Days on Parade.
TODD VON KAMPEN, THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
A piano player Saturday evokes the North Platte Canteen on this Nebraskaland Days parade float bearing flags and symbols of Sacred Oath and other local veterans organizations.Â
Joan Von Kampen
Sheriff Jerome Kramer waves at paradegoers Saturday.Â
Samson Ndege, The North Platte Telegraph
One of several military vehicles that drove in Saturday's parade.Â
America’s approaching 250th birthday on July 4 influenced many Nebraskaland Days on Parade participants Saturday, including this float by North Platte Baptist Church representing the eight-year-long American Revolution with British and U.S. watchtowers.
