Memorial Day

MAY 28, 2023

Celebrate the official start to summer with a trip to The Woodlands for our annual Memorial Day celebration! This festive celebration on Sunday, May 28 includes live music, strolling entertainment, fireworks, and much more. Join us for this fun family-friendly event while you kick off the summer.

Trolley Re-Route Map

Things to Do Outdoors

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

5:00 PM | Welcome and National Anthem

5:10 PM | Live Music: Performed by Rapture (Variety)

7:00 PM | Keynote Speaker and Our Community Salutes Ceremony

7:45 PM | Live Music: Performed by Rapture (Variety)

8:55 PM | Fireworks: A fireworks display choreographed to a patriotic soundtrack, presented by Woodforest National Bank

ABOUT THE "OUR COMMUNITY SALUTES" CEREMONY

The Our Community Salutes Ceremony is for The Woodlands community to recognize, honor, and support local high school seniors who plan to enlist into the U.S. Armed Services upon graduation. Attendees will have the opportunity to witness these individuals get sworn in as their military journey begins. Please join us in supporting them.

TROOP CARE PACKAGES

A care package drop-off booth will be on-site to accept donations of recommended items to be shipped to the troops. View the list of recommended items.

Hotels

When you book a room in The Woodlands, you’ll rest easy knowing all of our hotels offer prime locations, amenities and value regardless of where you stay. If that doesn’t relax you, try rejuvenating...
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Restaurants

When you come The Woodlands, come hungry. No trip is complete without entertaining all of the ways there are to enjoy a meal. Reserve a table along The Waterway or Hughes Landing and watch the world go by while...
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FREE AND PAID PARKING

The following are self-parking options located near the Memorial Day Celebration at Town Green Park. Preferred parking at the Town Center Parking Garage is available for a fee. Free guest parking is available within walking distance of the festival at the orange, yellow, blue, and white lots.

Town Center Parking Garage

Orange Lot

Yellow Lot

Blue Lot

White Lot

Gold Lot

Surface Parking Lot

PATRIOTIC ART

The Woodlands has one of the largest public art collections in the state of Texas, including two patriotic art pieces located in Town Green Park, where the Memorial Day Festival is held. Learn more about our public art collection, or find out about the Bravest of the Brave and The Way Home sculptures below.

Bravest of the Brave

The "Bravest of the Brave" Texas Marines Medal of Honor Monument was designed by sculptor J. David Nunneley. It is ten feet in height and made of black granite, pyramidal shape rests on a gray circular base....
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The Way Home

"The Way Home" by Edd Hayes is a bronze sculpture that was installed in Town Green Park on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015, in honor of active-duty personnel and veterans of all military branches. This monument...
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