Loyalty Day - Activists were banned from a parade because of paperwork, not politics, organizers say NEWPORT -- When two anti-war groups showed up to take part in the annual Loyalty Day Parade in Newport, organizers sent them marching -- in the other direction. Now two weeks later, as high season on the Oregon coast heats up, Newport finds itself at the heart of a boycott that has tourists pledging to take their loyalty elsewhere. So far more than 400 people have signed an Internet petition protesting how parade organizers handled the confrontation and promising to bypass Newport merchants. Shop...