Memorial Day Parade

We headed out for the Memo­r­ial Day Parade.  To honor those who have served our country.

Flags were waved.  Some­times they may have become weapons.  We’re work­ing on that one.  And I’m con­stantly left won­der­ing why every­thing becomes a weapon?  Spoon? Check.  Missal in Mass?  Check.  U.S. Flag for wav­ing in parade?  Check.  Really, every­thing can be a weapon of some sort.

I took pic­tures of some of the dif­fer­ent flags on dis­play.   Wav­ing high for a land that is called home.

I love see­ing how diverse our coun­try is. And for those won­der­ing they also walked with an Amer­i­can flag.  I didn’t get it the shot due to where I was standing.

I couldn’t see his face the whole time he walked.  I know peo­ple on the other side could, but from where we stood it was a pow­er­ful image.  This sol­dier walk­ing, the flag before him & his ser­vice silently behind it.

I also may have got­ten a lit­tle dis­tracted while shoot­ing.  Kilts any­one?  I’m won­der­ing if I can con­vince Hubby to wear one.  He almost got to in a wed­ding once, but then the cou­ple mar­ry­ing opted to not have the groom & his men wear them.  Missed opportunity.

Clas­sic cars were also on dis­play.  They drove vet­er­ans down the route.  It was nice to see that they had some style for the men who served our coun­try to ride out in.

Before we knew it the parade was over.  We stopped on the way back & smelled the “Mir­a­cles” (also known as marigolds for those who don’t speak preschooler).  It’s not a long parade, but it is a great time.  I love that Hubby every year finds out where the parades will be & insists on tak­ing our wild bunch out to see it.  The rea­son is that he wants to make sure they appre­ci­ate the sac­ri­fice so many have given & that we all may honor them together.

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