Editing Parade (section)

==Parade float==
{{Main|Float (parade)}}
[[File:Foundations for Our Future BYU parade float (42077328930).jpg|thumb|A parade float for [[Brigham Young University]] in the Freedom Festival Grand Parade in [[Provo, Utah]]]]
The [[parade float]] got its name because the first floats were decorated [[barge]]s that were towed along the canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}. Floats were occasionally propelled from within by concealed [[oar]]smen, but the practice was abandoned because of the high incidence of [[drowning]] when the lightweight and unstable frames capsized. Strikingly, among the first uses of grounded floats – towed by [[horse-drawn vehicle|horses]] – was a ceremony in memory of recently drowned parade oarsmen.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Today, parade floats are traditionally pulled by [[motor vehicles]] or are powered themselves.