Gouverneur Chamber of Commerce
53 Herm Towne Road Gouverneur, NY 13642
Flag Day Parade and Events — June 15, 2024
Parade at 2:00 PM
Line up starts at 1:00 at the High School. The parade will march from the high school parking lot down Barney Street to Clinton Street, Turning on Main Street, turning at a Credit Union, and back down north Gordon to the High School on Barney.
The Gouverneur Chamber of Commerce and our Marble Member, Kinney Drugs, will sponsor the Flag Day Parade in Gouverneur. The Lions Club's "Pick a Duck" will also be held that day. We welcome everyone to attend and join in the fun and festivities!
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The Fun Begins at 10:00 AM
There will be Craft Vendors, a Farmer's Market, Food Vendors, Music, and Children's Games. The Elks Flag Day Ceremony will be held at 12:Noon, and a memorial plaque will be dedicated right before, at 11:30 AM. Three local High School Bands are expected to march in the 2:00 parade. The most patriotic float will receive $50.00.
Cash Prizes - Sponsored by the Gouverneur Lions Club
Photo: Rachel Hunter
Flag Day Sponsored by
Silver-Level Members
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Con Tech Building Systems Inc.
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Tim Wewer, EA,
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Community Bank, NA
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Team Blevins LLC
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Northern Credit Union
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Northland Veterinary Hospital
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RSI Roofing Inc.
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Gouverneur Foundation
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United Construction & Forestry
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Cives Steel Company
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Nicholas Gardner DDS
This year, the Flag Day ceremony at 11:30 AM will honor a lost Civil War veteran from Gouverneur. A plaque, honoring Corporal Danby Fry, will be dedicated. This plaque, fixed to the Memorial Arch, gives overdue recognition to a Gouverneur soldier who served three years in the 20th US Colored Infantry during the Civil War.
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This recognition has come about because of the efforts of Bryan Thompson, the Historian for the Town of DeKalb, NY. Until Bryan’s research brought Danby Fry’s identity to light, this Civil War veteran had been unknown to the Gouverneur Historical Association. The Historical Association is grateful to Bryan for his research and passion.
The 20th U.S. Colored Infantry was organized at Rikers Island, New York February 9, 1864 for three-year service and mustered under the command of Colonel Nelson B. Bartram. The regiment was attached to Department of the East to March 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, Louisiana, Department of the Gulf, to December 1864.
Photos from Last Year's Event
