Wednesday, July 9

DC's Independence Day Parade - Photos

Here are some photos from Friday's Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC. Unfortunately, I missed the first 5-10 minutes, so I have no clue what I missed. Still it took two hours for the rest of the parade to pass by.








- Iwo Jima -









-Jewish American War Veterans -









- USO Canteen -









- Young Marines -









- UNDERDOG -









- Underdog flying low -









- "Female Re-Enactors of Distinction" -









- DC Boy Scouts (I hope that there are lots more than 6!) -










- Miss DC -









- Lots of marching bands from across America -
 







- Cooper Boone! -
 







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- The West Virginia 'Dairy Princess' -
 











- DC's Firemen Support our Troops -
 







- DC Police Bike -
 







- US Park Police -
 







- Firemen from a Firehouse in Pennsylvania that was established in 1799 -
 







- Uncle Sam -







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- Garfield -
 







- Hello Kitty (Japanese American?) -
 







- Philippine-Americans -
 







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- Vietnamese American -







- Vietnamese Vietnam Veterans -







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-Bolivian-American Folkloric Group 'PACHIMAMA' -
 







- Pachimama Dancer -
 







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- Can't get much more American than McDonalds! -
 







- Mexican Americans -
 







- Marching Band from Baltimore -
 
 







- 'Marching' Band from Baltimore -
 







- Falun Gong - 
 







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Even the Falun Gung had a band.



The whole day I only saw one protester:
















You know that the parade is over when you start seeing Hare Krishnas....






- Hare Krishnas -




Hope everyone had a great holiday and remember all the sacrifices made to keep the country free...








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