Participants in this year’s Cardboard Boat Races will also have the chance to be in the Bicentennial parade.

The Cardboard Boat Races start at 9 a.m. June 22 at the Hannibal Aquatic Center. The Bicentennial parade, with the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, begins at 11 a.m. Hannibal Parks & Recreation will have a float for the cardboard boat racers in the parade.

Registration deadline is June 14 for the Cardboard Boat Races. Boat check-in on June 22 is 8 a.m., each boat must have two passengers, ages 6-16.  Rules are on the Hannibal Parks website and available at the HPR office, 320 Broadway.  The entire boat and oars must be made of cardboard.