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Cadet Wing leadership leads the Founder’s Day Parade April 5 on the terrazzo. Founders Day honors the U.S. Air Force Academy’s founding, which began April 1, 1954, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Public Law 325, 83rd Congress, Second Session, formally authorizing the establishment of an Air Force Academy and appropriating $126 million for its construction. Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott announced in June 1954 that the Academy would be built in Colorado Springs.(Liz Copan/U.S. Air Force photo)

Founders Day Parade open to public

Published April 10, 2015
U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Air Force Academy cadets celebrate their legacy and future with the Founders Day parade, 10 a.m., April 11, on the Academy's Stillman Field.

The parade is open to the public.

Since April 1, 1954, more than 47,000 cadets have graduated from the Academy.

Members of the public who desire to attend the parade should enter through the North Gate entrance, at Exit 156 off of I-25, and turn left on Parade Loop.

Visitors should arrive early as parade attendance and vehicle traffic are typically very high.