The tail of the hurricane socked us pretty hard on the Glorious Fourth, so the parade, the fire-police-and-rescue steak fry, and the fireworks were put off until the 5th.
Makes me wonder about how people felt on the 5th in 1776, realizing that they were in for it now. That it might not work.
The theme of this year’s parade was children’s books. There were at least two Cat In the Hat floats and two very differently conceived Hungry Caterpillar entries. I managed to to snap the Little Toot float — it’s always good to have a boat in an island parade.
This was Erik’s first Independence Day parade since he became a citizen, and the first that our two-year-old grandson really got into. He will need to brush his teeth especially well tonight. Only very sticky candy like Tootsie Rolls seemed to be tossed to the crowd.
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I love your comment about how people must’ve felt on July 5, 1776. I just finished Shaara’s Rise to Rebellion and it ends at that juncture–gulp! Lots of work (and war) left to do! Your parade looks charming and that is one beautiful grandchild you have!
Thanks for that, KerryCan. And as to 1776, sometimes it seems to me I should stop and think about what it was like, how it felt. Events become so blurred with time.
Your star-child grandchild illumines the universe with the glow of innocence.
Oh, my. What an unbelievably beautiful thing to say, nwg! It is so wonderful to be around small children and watch them take everything in for the first time. It makes all things new.