Falun Gong Practitioners Hold Parade in San Francisco to Commemorate 26 Years of Peaceful Resistance to Persecution

In July 1999, the Chinese communist regime began persecuting Falun Gong adherents using violence, harassment, and other tactics.

The Tianguo Marching Band, composed of Falun Gong practitioners, marches in a parade in San Francisco on July 12, 2025. Gary Wang/The Epoch Times

SAN FRANCISCO—Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners held a parade on July 12 in San Francisco to raise awareness of the 26-year persecution of the spiritual practice in China.

The practitioners began the parade in Harry Bridges Plaza at the Ferry Building, traveled along Market Street and Geary Street, headed around Union Square, and ended the march in Portsmouth Square in Chinatown.