Orange May Parade marches through Old Towne

The Orange community celebrated with the power of The Force on Saturday.

The Orange May Parade adopted a Star Wars theme this year — there’s a trend of celebrating “May the Fourth Be With You” on May 4, a play on the famed Star Wars phrase — and this year’s theme was, “Come to the Orange Side!”

The May Parade in Orange started in the 1930s and marched on for decades before ending in the ’90s for lack of funding. Several years ago, the Orange Chamber of Commerce rekindled the tradition and this year close to 100 entries were featured.