Today’s Manteca Independence Day Parade will feature over 34 entries to the theme of “Traveling the USA.” Hosted by the Sunrise Kiwanis and the City of Manteca, this annual Fourth of July event will kick-off with a motorcycle escort compliments of the Manteca Police Department beginning at 10 a.m. The parade route goes from North Main Street near Golden West School to Center and Poplar streets by Library Park. The lineup and staging of the entries – included are show horses for this sanctioned event – is scheduled to begin at 9 o’clock on Jason Street across from Fagundes Meat Inc. Dignitaries including Mayor Willie Weatherford, the Manteca City Council, and Grand Marshals’ Carl and Ruby Stappenbeck of the VFW Jimmie Connors Post No.