The parade was canceled last year and again this year due to the pandemic. I would go every year or two just to see what was new. There really was not too much to see. Various groups of scouts and children’s clubs marched down the main boulevard and adults rode in cars or on trucks. It is doubtful that the children understood the meaning of the holiday. Elected people rode in cars as they fulfilled their duty. Fire engines and police motor cycles were driven down the street.
It’s all meant to show that we are one people that remembers those who lost their lives in wars past and present. This was the last parade I went to see, 2017
The primary speech at a reviewing stand called for the support of Christian values in America. I was horrified.
A solemn day made into a fun event.
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