The Rose Festival‘s marquee event, Grand Floral Parade, took place under beautiful skies Saturday with thousands of people attending and the parade going through the new downtown Portland route.
Portland Tribune photographer Jaime Valdez was there to document it with great photos.
After three years of being on the eastside of Portland, which came after a two-year COVID-19 pandemic hiatus for the big event, the Grand Floral Parade returned to downtown with the new route starting on Southwest Naito Parkway and finishing at Southwest 14th Avenue and Taylor Street…