The Woodcraft Color Guard leads individual units past the Vaughn Riding Center during a Culver Summer Camps Garrison Parade. Some 700 Woodcrafters (ages 9-13) are joined on the Parade Field by the Upper Campers, another 700 from 13 to 17. The 6 week summer camp program presents youth from 40 states and 39 countries. (Photo provided by Culver Communications)

The Garrison Parade for Culver Military Academy summer schools and camps is being moved to Saturdays at 7 p.m. EDT for the 2014 summer. The parades are held on the Henderson Parade Field south of the Vaughn Equestrian Center.

The traditional Woodcraft Council Fire is also on Saturday and will now begin at 9:30 p.m.

June 28 will be the first Saturday for the new Garrison Parade / Council Fire times. The schedule will continue on July 5, July 12 (the weekend of the Moonlight Serenades), and July 19 (Summer Homecoming Weekend).

The last regularly scheduled Garrison Parade of the six-week camp session will be July 26. The Final Garrison Parade will be Thursday, July 31, as part of the camp graduation ceremonies.

(Photo provided by Culver Communications.)

Culver’s summer Garrison Parades showcase 1,400 campers from 39 states and 41 countries. For each parade the campers from Woodcraft (ages 9-13) and those of Upper Camp (13-17) join forces on the parade field with Lake Maxinkuckee serving as a backdrop.

The parade is a tangible and meaningful example of the lessons of leadership, self-confidence, and personal responsibility that Culver summer schools and camps has been instilling in youths since 1902.

For more information on Culver Summer schools and camps visit culver.org/summer or call 574-842-8300.