Statue of Liberty in the Brimley 4th of July Parade

Happy Independence Day! On this day in 1776, our Continental Congress declared independence from England. I’ve been watching lately the HBO mini-series “John Adams”. In this series Adams receives a letter from his son, which complained about Congress and the declaration hadn’t even been made yet. Since then Independence Day has mostly devolved into to a summer time three-day weekend. A few traditions persist though. I biked over to Brimley to watch the one o’clock parade. You were either in the parade or were watching it. It was suggested that I should have been in it too, but I’m too shy and retiring for any of that. I was amaze at the large number of fire protection vehicles in the parade. There were easily over a dozen of them. At the annual 4th of July picnic, I learned that the local Chippewa casinos contribute 2% of their revenues to local municipalities, which explains the large number of fire engines in the parade. The Statue of Liberty figure is a retired librarian from town. Maybe there will be fireworks tonight?