Saturday, June 7, 1919

Beautiful bright day. Hot in P.M. Cool in evening.  Alumni parade in morning. Exercises on campus. B.B. game with R.P.I. Union won 7-3. Alumni night. Sophs took second prize in Song contest.

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The Alumni Parade is an old Union College tradition that dates back to 1911, when it became a part of their alumni weekend. Here is a write-up about it that appeared in the Union College Magazine for 2003:

"Alumni Day" has been a part of the College from its earliest years, when graduates returned for Commencement. In the late 1800s, the College began to organize and actively encourage the alumni to return, and in 1911 the first alumni parade was held. Alumni Day has become ReUnion Weekend, and it is now held a couple of weeks before Commencement. Costumes à la the Class of 1924 are still part of the fun. College Day, the major fall alumni gathering, began in 1923. Interrupted during World War II, it returned as Homecoming Weekend.

Here is a picture of a more recent Alumni Parade, taken from the May 27, 2009 edition of the Union College Magazine: