Allendale Township parade routes through campus

Allendale Township teams up with Grand Valley to celebrate Independence Day -- and the national championship Lakers -- with a parade on the Allendale Campus.

GVSU football coach Brian Kelly will be the parade marshal. Kelly led the Lakers to the NCAA Division II football national championship in 2002. Michigan state and U.S. representatives will also be in attendance, as well as marching bands, area schools and civic organizations.

The parade begins in Parking Lot D at 10 a.m. on the north side of campus near student housing and proceeds to parking lot K at the south side of campus.

University carilloneur Julianne Vanden Wyngaard will play the Cook Carillon Tower from 9:30-10 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. for an Independence Day recital of patriotic music.