Wake Forest isn’t the first town to cancel its annual tradition for these reasons. Garner, a city of 30,000 people also located outside of Raleigh, canceled its Christmas parade last week .

In a tearful address to the public, the mayor of Wake Forest, North Carolina, said Wednesday night that the city was canceling its annual Christmas parade because of “outside agitators” who ...

A town has canceled its annual Christmas parade over fears that protesters and supporters of its inclusion of Confederate groups would clash. After more than 70 years, the town of Wake Forest ...

In a Wednesday night video message, Wake Forest Mayor Vivian Jones announced that the town’s downtown board of directors voted to cancel the Dec. 14 Christmas parade out of concern that ...

Wake Forest is canceling its Dec. 14 Christmas parade because of concerns of public safety after the planned participation of a local Confederate group, according to a news release. The Wake ...

For the first time since the mid-1940s, Wake Forest won't have a Christmas parade this year. Town officials announced Wednesday night that the parade was canceled "over concerns about public safety." ...

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (WTVD) -- One week after the Town of Wake Forest announced plans to continue its annual Christmas parade, the town decided to cancel its parade because of threats of violence ...

The Christmas parade in Wake Forest, North Carolina, has been a local tradition for more than 70 years. But this year, it’s being canceled because of safety concerns following the participation ...