The parade itself is, of course, the main event--it lasts over an hour and winds its way through several blocks of the town and ends on the main roadway in the heart of the city near the old Depot. It includes a down-home assortment of pretty much anyone who wants to get there early enough to join in the line: local "celebrities," pageant queens, cloggers, antique cars and trucks, Little League players decked out in their uniforms, church groups, teams of horses, Shriners in their tiny clown-cars, the local high school marching band, baton twirlers, several fire trucks, and (since it's an election year) just about every politician in the state who's still breathing (and maybe one or two who aren't . . . . sometimes it's hard to tell.) One year we even saw a man riding in the raised bucket of his front-end loader. I think an ambulance was positioned in line near this wacky entrant. When my kids were younger and easily impressed, they thought the best part of the day was gathering tons and tons of candy which is tossed from the make-shift floats along the parade route. Nowadays for my kids, those days have gone the way of the railroad and we've outgrown that part. So this year our crew is joining in the parade and we'll all ride in a vintage WWII army jeep my husband restored recently. But we have buckets and buckets of candy which we'll toss to the young kids who are still easily impressed.
Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July. God bless America.
8 comments:
We are participating in a parade tomorrow, too!
Have a glorious Fourth of July!
smiles, kari & kijsa
Hi Cathy!
Sounds like you are going to have a fabulous 4th weekend! You'll have to take a picture of that parade and jeep! I'm sure you all will have a great time :) Lots of Southern Hugs, Bebe :)
Sounds like a good old-fashioned fourth. Have a great weekend.
- Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife
The parade sounds grand.
Have a glorius Fourth!
Pam
Everyone loves a parade! Happy Fourth to you!! Love your postcards-very cute.
Hi Cathy...Happy 4th!! I hope you have a great weekend!!
Hugs,
Robin
This sounds like so much fun! It makes you think of times past in small-town America--hope you had a lovely 4th!
Hope you had a great 4th!! Your parade sounds wonderful.
Michelle
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