Photos & Text By: Maria Moore
The Best – and Only – Parade on the 4th of July is the one held in our neighboring town of Barkhamsted. The NewHartfordPlus crew took a ride over to Barkhamsted this morning to cheer and clap at the quintessential New England Independence Day Parade – a must on the 4th!
Photos of the Parade:
The US and CT flags are carried at the beginning of the parade
The Star Band plays enthusiastically in the parade and at the ceremony after. The Band is made up of anyone who plays an instrument and shows up on the morning of the parade
Fire trucks from each of the volunteer fire departments participated in the parade
One of the Dalmatians with the Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Department hitches a ride during the parade
The scouts marched in the parade
The girl scouts marched too
First Selectman Don Stein marching along
Master of Ceremonies Jim Hart is driven in style in the parade
A short ceremony followed the parade in front of the Barkhamsted School
The Star Band played one more tune to bring the day's festivities to an end
Among the spectators were Alex Hart, Jim's son, with his wife Jenny
Among a number of New Hartford musicians Larry Hilt added his drumming to the band
See the 4th of July Parade in Barkhamsted section of CTPhotoJunkie.com for Maria Moore’s complete photojournal of this year’s parade.
See also Bob’s video of Barkhamsted’s 4th of July parade.
