I love July 4th parades
One of the favorite things on this planet are 4th of July parades. I've been working like crazy this week but I was able to take some time off and watch a parade.
Little girls in red white and blue bandanas. Fire Trucks, marching bands, kids on bikes with red white and blue crepe paper in there spokes. Shriners in their funny little cars.
We all stood up and put our hands over our hearts when the flag went by. After the flag went by we saw the Veterans of Foreign Wars we all applauded. They were followed by the Veterans of Unjust Foreign Wars, we all applauded them too.
Next was a float on the Bill of Rights sponsored by the ACLU. People cheered for that one. Following the ACLU float was one honoring the journalists who had lost their lives covering wars. I got choked up thinking about that.
Then we had people on stilts and a few more fire trucks.
It was a great day.
Little girls in red white and blue bandanas. Fire Trucks, marching bands, kids on bikes with red white and blue crepe paper in there spokes. Shriners in their funny little cars.
We all stood up and put our hands over our hearts when the flag went by. After the flag went by we saw the Veterans of Foreign Wars we all applauded. They were followed by the Veterans of Unjust Foreign Wars, we all applauded them too.
Next was a float on the Bill of Rights sponsored by the ACLU. People cheered for that one. Following the ACLU float was one honoring the journalists who had lost their lives covering wars. I got choked up thinking about that.
Then we had people on stilts and a few more fire trucks.
It was a great day.
6 Comments:
you patriot you! glad you had a nice time :)
Did it bring back memories when you were a little Vulcan? Hey, where were the politicians?
GradeSchoolTeach
An ACLU Bill Of Rights float?
Only in California...
Dang, it didn't even occur to me to go looking for parades.
Hiya, Spocko!
I've always liked parades, except for their propensity to attract clowns. You can never go to a parade without seeing at least a couple of clowns lurking nearby.
There ought to be a law.
Betmo: You bet I am.
GradeSchoolTearch: Yep. Only we didn't celebrate the 4th of July. We celebrated Surak's completion of the 10th logical precept. Not quite as fun, but very stimulating.
Eli: Yep. I love this state. I wish you had, I've have loved to see your photos of a parade.
coho: Hey, some of my best friends are clowns! It really is a TYPE of clown that you don't like. I don't like that type either.
I wonder if the rightwing are taping the lectures at clown colleges to see if they are filling new clowns with liberal ideas? Not that would be funny.
Which reminds me of the old joke.
Why don't cannibles eat clowns?
They taste funny.
Maybe I should post an album of those St. Patrick's Day parade photos...
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