Just finished our Independence Day Parade

These were three of the best units...

Woodrow Wilson's Auto

Hessian Hollow Farm's 3-Horse Hitch

Westwood Animal Hospital's John Deer

Of course there were the units for the various patriotic and political groups, the "beauty" queens, but only one marching band (pipe and drum).  The crowds are very much diminished from the days when the Statler Brothers' Happy Birthday USA put 90,000 people in and around the park.  I will actually be able to drive to work in a few minutes.

Of course the really important part of the day is the remembrance and  celebration of our Declaration of Independence. 

We also take time to remember ancestors who have made the sacrifice of service in defense of this country.

PVT	John Balch		American Revolution
	Johan Joost Becker		American Revolution
CPT	Jonathan Bixby	Connecticut Continentals	American Revolution
CPT	Orrin Lawrence Brodie		WWI, WWII
	Archibald Campbell		American Revolution
	John Elton Davis	USS Princeton	WWII
PVT	Erasmus Dortch	21st Alabama Infantry Regiment	Civil War
CPL	Daniel Ford	6th Connecticut Regiment	American Revolution
PVT	Charles Henry Flint	H/194th New York Infantry	Civil War
	Jacob Heens		American Revolution
LT	Nathaniel Herrick	Frye's Regiment	American Revolution
PVT	Hiram Kimball	10th Hvy Arty/69th Infantry	Civil War
1LT	Barney Alonzo Parslow	D/134th New York Infantry	Civil War
SGT	Donald Fancher Parslow	16th IN 1st ID	WWII, Korea
PVT/Drummer	Henry Parslow	1st and 3rd Regts, COLs Snyder,Pawling	American Revolution
PVT	Henry Parslow		1812
PVT	Henry Parslow	2nd NY Hvy Artillery	Civil War
GEN	Freegift Patchin	Connecticut & New York Militias	American Revolution
CPT	George Richtmeyer	3rd Co. 15th Regt. Albany Cty Militia	American Revolution
PVT	Jacob Schaeffer	15th Regt Albany Cty Militia	American Revolution
Matross	Koert Van Schaick	CPT Barnes Artillery	American Revolution
	Adam Swart		American Revolution
LT	Adam Thayer	Massachusetts Militia	American Revolution
1LT	William Hathaway Van Cott	102nd Regt US Volunteers	Civil War
	Jacob Van Dyke		American Revolution
PVT	Johan Joost Warner		American Revolution