July 4th Independence Day is a day of great joy and excitement for all communities living in America. And on this day, a national level National Independence Parade is held in Washington DC, the capital of America. It is considered a big task for any community to get permission to include its float in this parade. Sikhs of America has been including one of its floats in this parade for the last 11 years. This year too, under the leadership of Chairman Jasdeep Singh Jassi, Sikhs of America got permission to include not one but two Sikh floats in the National Independence Parade and Sikhs of America won the hearts of all communities by including two Sikh floats in this parade. Using modern technology, the float was decorated with an LED screen in which the ancient and modern history of Sikhism was depicted. The second float, included for the first time, was dedicated to the folk dance Bhangra of Punjab, which became a huge attraction for the people and all the communities enjoyed the folk dance Bhangra of Punjab. Chairman Jasdeep Singh Jassi said that the main objective of Sikhs of America was to tell other communities about the identity and concept of Sikhism, besides telling them about the military, police, academic, economic sector, business and political contributions in America. The unique achievements made by Sikhs in America were being continuously shown on LED.
According to an estimate, more than one lakh people sitting on both sides of the road watched the float closely and millions more people watched its activities through national TV. The Sikh float was accompanied by men wearing red turbans, white shirts, blue pants and T-shirts with the American flag and Sikhs of America logo and women wearing American flag scarves and white clothes. The Sikhs of America representatives Jasdeep Singh Jassi Chairman, Kamaljit Singh Soni President, Baljinder Singh Shammi Vice President, Dilvir Singh, Varinder Singh, Sukhpal Dhanoa, Kulwinder Singh Flora, Chatar Singh Saini, Maninder Sethi, Inderjit Gujral, Jaswinder Singh Johnny, Gurcharan Singh, Prabhjot Batra, Harbir Batra, Mahinder Singh Bhogal, Gurdeep Singh, Sarmukh Singh Manku, Karan Singh, Karamjit Singh, Joginder Samra, Dr. Darshan Singh Saluja, were specially present in the Sikh float. Gurpreet Singh Sunny, Surjit Singh Goldy, Jaswant Singh Dhaliwal, Rattan Singh and Joginder Singh Samra and Nirmal Singh from the Dandak Gurdwara Sahib Management Committee were also present. The two Sikh floats remained the center of attraction among the people participating in this parade and the two Sikh floats of Sikhs of America were widely discussed in every community.
