Every 4th, the kids and I always head downtown to watch the Ann Arbor 4th of July parade. As usual, the parade consisted of cops baring their horns, folks showing off their old cars, politicians waving to the crowd, and activists making lots of joyous noise and inspiring the crowds. As always, tons of candy is tossed at the kids. The 4th represents different things to different people, but for Jeremy the 4th means running into the street to get as many pieces of candy and gum as possible.
By far, the largest and noisiest group was the anti-war folks. Their large and well-received presence made me proud to live in Ann Arbor. Also well represented were the Kerry folks who were also well represented, loud and well received. No Bush or GOP folks in site anywhere though.
In honor of the 4th,, we have a link from Kim to this very cool site.