You See One Parade You Seen Them All...

I Suppose In Most Cases One Parade Is Like Any Other. As A Child Each Year We Would Get Excited About Going. A Mad Dash For The Candy Being Thrown From The Beautiful Floats Or The Smiling Politicians. Of Course At The Beginning Of Each Parade In Danville The Police And Fire Trucks Were Always An Exciting Start. Lights And Sirens Blaring Hoping To See My Dad Riding Or Driving The Big Fire Truck. Those Days Are Far Gone But The Memory Of It Will Stay With Me Forever.
When My Kids Were Small They Too Were Excited About The Parade. By Then They May Have Caught A Glimpse Of Their Grandfather Riding An Antique Fire Truck With All The Retired Fire Fighters Riding On It. The Beautiful Floats That Took Days To Create. Marching Bands Playing Familiar Songs. Cheerleaders And Pom Poms & Midget Football Players.
I Suppose One Parade Is Just Like Another Unless Someone Special Is In It.
I Can Remember When I Use To Park My Pick Up Truck In An Empty Lot And Could See For More Than A Block Away What Was Approaching. Beckie Took AJ To The Westville Parade This Morning. I Asked Him How It Was And He Just Shrugged His Shoulders. Not Every Child Holds Onto The Precious Memories Of A Generation Before Them. If There Is Good Enough Reason To See Another Parade I Suppose I Would Go. In The Meantime Labor Day Festivities Are A Complete Waste Of My Time And Energy. Labor Day Was Created To Salute The Men And Women Of Union. I Am Sad To Say That Word Someday May Be Extinct. As I Get Older And The More I Read, The Unions Are Not Like They Once Were. When One Union Became Unsuccessful In Working Out An Agreement With Management A Strike Would Be Imminent. To Show Solidarity Nobody Crossed The Picket Lines. Other Unions Would Show Support By Not Patronizing The Business Of Striking Workers. One Day That Will All Be A Memory.
In The Meantime We Can Celebrate It As An End To Summer Time Activities. School Is Back In Session And Fall Is Fast Approaching. The Covered Bridge Festivities Will Be A Bountiful Reminder That Winter Is The Next Season To Come. Here In The Midwest That's Not Exactly Anything To Look Forward To. If It's Too Obvious About My Opinions Of Winter Time Then So Be It. There Are Times I Wish I Was A Bear. Go Into Hibernation In November And Awake In Late March.