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Hometown Parades

Abby1967 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:02:05 GMT

Hometown Parades: We came home this weekend our hometown has a weekend celebration every year we never miss it. It ends with the parade. I hear the high school bands start playing , the floats, etc. it just brings back tons of memories. Maybe it's a small town thing but there's nothing like it..............................Do you like Hometown Parades? Any good memories

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151949 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:20:11 GMT

i was a majorette in HS - in Pittsburgh where you can't walk 10 ft before you are walking uphill. I marched up and down the Pittsburgh mountains for many miles in parades and came home many a holiday too tired to enjoy the remainder of the day. That kinda took away the joy of parades for me. On the upside - I am 65 years old and have never had any heart problems - I attribute that at least in part to spending my youth marching up & down the mountainous terrain here.

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ivey — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:23:58 GMT

I love them! They are part of Americana. Especially if it's a town small enough that you know just about everybody.

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Marienkaefer2 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:38:01 GMT

Our town has a July 4th parade every year. Anyone in town can march in it. Just line up at the right time. It's cute! People march with their dogs, bring candy to toss to the kids, etc. Of course, the usual marchers are there too...the hs band, mayor, Kiwanis, Rotary, etc etc.

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MOONRISER — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:05:18 GMT

MK------ sounds like my very tiny town. It brings in many people from miles around. It's always fun and I think it's like Mayberry.

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Marienkaefer2 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:07:36 GMT

On 9/14/2014 MOONRISER said: MK------ sounds like my very tiny town. It brings in many people from miles around. It's always fun and I think it's like Mayberry.

Yes, it's a small town, and very nice, with all the quirkiness of a small town, too. Lol

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Mama Mia — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:33:21 GMT

There is a parade July 24th at a small town near here. It is the perfect hometown parade, this year they estimated a little over ten thousand people were there to watch it. What is nice is that it winds through the town and there is a big shady park to watch under the trees, also families have big reunions that day and sit in their front yards under the trees.

Baked goods sale early in the morning that sells out quickly.

In the afternoon, lots of activities in another park, wall climbing etc. So this parade is really part of a big celebration. So many people it took an hour to get out of it.

Very fun, and then BBQ at DD's.

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madzonie — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 20:37:24 GMT

Our small(er) town has the BEST Veterans Day parade! We are adjacent to an Army Post, and a lot of military retirees live on the area.

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terrier3 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:56:28 GMT

I live one block away from the St. Patrick's Day Parade. My street is the first one to the north where people can park.

I HATE IT!!!!!

It's nothing but a bunch of drunk out of control grown ups.

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AuntG — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:42:06 GMT

Being a band member, I always had to march in the Memorial Day parade. So often, it was hot and humid which was miserable because we had uniforms that I swear must have been made out of wool.

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Photo Donna — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:31:08 GMT

when I was 6 I was Snow Princess in my hometown's Christmas parade. I got to ride on a float and wave to everyone

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misspammie — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:51:45 GMT

my tiny, wee hometown in Pa has been written up in Reader's Digest before for our ceremony honoring our Vets. town is in a valley and all light candles and it can be seen from the surrounding hills and it's just a gorgeous goosebumpy ceremony. It's really awsome.

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MaggieToo — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:59:50 GMT

I've always lived in large cities and have never had the opportunity to watch such a parade.

I'm going to have to look up small town parades and go see one. LOL

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chrystaltree — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:26:29 GMT

Big cities, small cities, towns; they all have town or neighborhood parades and festivals. Our town has a Founder's Day parade in the Fall and a Christmas parade when Santa comes to town. I can't say that we go every single year but we have gone and when we do, we have a great time. We lived in another town when our kids were young and we went to all the town events then.

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chumlee_ — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 03:18:38 GMT

On 9/14/2014 Photo Donna said:
when I was 6 I was Snow Princess in my hometown's Christmas parade. I got to ride on a float and wave to everyone

Does everyone curtsy when they meet you?

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bells4me — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:22:39 GMT

I live in a town of 10,000 & have a 4th of July, Fall Festival and Christmas Lights parade every year. Love them.