‘Who Doesn’t Love A Parade?’
With 85 Participants, Largest-Ever Event
Posted: July 5, 2012
Classic Cars make their way down Main Street as part of in Harrisonburg’s Independence Day Parade downtown on Wednesday. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Linka Sacre, 9, (right) of Waynesboro has an American flag painted on her face by Rebecca Mullins, 16, painted during Valley Fourth celebrations downtown. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Mayor Richard Baugh (left) waves to the crowd during the Harrisonburg 4th of July Parade that traveled down Main Street on Wednesday. (Photo by Michelle Gabro / DN-R)
LaMya Coleman, 4, waves a small American flag as she watches the beginning of the parade. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Spectators watch the Valley Fourth fireworks show from the Turner Pavilion lawn on Wednesday. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Paradegoers cheer and clap as the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 632 float drives by. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
Greg Sigmon of Harrisonburg looks over the fireworks for sale in the Keystone fireworks tent along Va. 42 on Wednesday. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
David Hatmaker of Harrisonburg recites the Declaration of Independence from behind Beaver Creek Long Knives re-enactors in front of the Rockingham County Courthouse on Wednesday. The annual event is sponsored by the Fort Harrison Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. (Photo by Michelle Gabro / DN-R)
Spectators watch the Valley Fourth fireworks show from the Turner Pavilion lawn on Wednesday. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
HARRISONBURG — Bonnie and Jeff Landy and their friend Holly Redding say all the things that organizers of the city’s annual Fourth of July celebration want to hear.
“We love downtown...
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