Have you ever been in a 4th of July parade as a kid or grown up? As a kid I was in the Bicycle Brigade. The town would

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give a ten dollar prize to the best decorated bike. I had streamers. cards in my wheel spikes that made noise and balloons. I never won but it was fun. All participants got an ice ball.of their choice.

[livetohike]

1. Yes. Marching as a Brownie and Girl Scout. White

gloves and all. It was probably during Memorial Day parades. Right down Rt 22 in Monroeville .

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4. Thank you very much livetohike for sharing with us

[AllaN01Bear]

2. yes. at school. had a peadl car fire engine . sqweaked a lot . gott a ribbon for the noziest car.

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5. HAHHAHHAHAHHAH. Thank you very much for sharing with us, AllaN01Bear.

[hedda_foil]

3. I sat on top of a Convertible in a bathing suit in 1964.

My boyfriend worked for a local photographer and they sponsored me in the Miss Highland Park contest after the parade. I didn't win but it was fun.it

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6. Thank you very much hedda_foil. Sometimes just participating is fun enough.

[rurallib]

7. Yeah many for the county democrats

One of our members had a hay rack we would ride on. We always wore candidate shirts and we would throw candy usually.

The last few years we had a bubble machine and a Cookie Monster in candidate t-shirt.

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11. Thank you very much ruralib. That sounds like fun.

[LogDog75]

8. I've marched with our Democratic Club

For about 20 years, I've marched in the Coronado (CA) 4th of July Parade with out city's Democratic Club which is the oldest Democratic club in San Diego County. The course is one mile long, has 126 entrants, and is one of the larges parades is Southern California. I didn't march this year because I had a bad case of vertigo a couple of months ago I although I walk fairly well now, the slow pace of parade is hard for me to walk without "wobbling." I did march in the No Kings Day March and it was a bit difficult because there were 80,000 people, crowded, and I had to take small steps. Funny thing is I can walk fast without "wobbling."

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12. Thank you very much LogDog75, I am very sorry about the vertigo. I hope you get better.

[OldBaldy1701E]

9. Yep.

First, as a Cub Scout, then as a Boy Scout, then as a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol, then as an adult member.

Then, there were the clown gigs and other performances in a parade.

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13. Thank you very much, OldBaldy1701E. It sounds like you really had a presence in the parades.

[marble falls]

10. I bought a red MG Midget just so I could throw candy to the kids in town parades in rural Nebraska ...

... a lot of people thought I was a Mason.

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14. Thank you very much marble falls. Hahahahahha