Scenes From The Labor Day Parade

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At The Labor Day Parade

 The largest Labor Day parade in the state takes place in our town. Sixteen years ago when I was setting up my first ever classroom one of the teachers there asked me if we'd be heading to the Labor Day parade? I was dumbstruck that such a thing existed! Memorial Day parade? Sure! 4th of July parade?! Sure! Veterans Day parade? Sure! But Labor Day parade?! This one was new to me. Fast forward a couple of years to our first Labor Day in our house (not far from the parade route) and there were Dave and I walking to the parade.  Anyone who has read this blog for any length of time knows that it's a massive event. And on an election years (like this year) it's even bigger due to all the local politicians marching in it. Politicians aside, the military often has all branches represented and theirs the various teams in town and local bands (middle school, high school and colleges) that come along, along with a good selection of fife and drum corps and bagpipes. My most favotie thing since that very first parade though is the Hallamore Clydesdales. Seeing that team in town makes our town feel a little smaller than it actually is, and transports me back to growing up in  tiny little Bethany Connecticut (and all the various barns and farms and horse shows there). 

 Hitching up the team. 

 Love the follow car. 

 The fire department kicked off the parade. 

 Checking out the candy they collected. 

 Watching the high school band arrive. 

 Waiting. 

 The Clysdales! 

With the super hot temperatures today, and the fact that we had a twenty minute walk ahead of us, we all agreed that once we saw the horses we would head home. On our walk back we passed the UMass Lowell marching band and a whole host of various political campaigns (local friends: don't forget to vote tomorrow). We're glad we passed a fair amount of the groups on our walk down and back since it feels like we got to see even more of the parade that way without having to stand in that heat any longer than we did! xo 

{These Moments} At The Labor Day Parade

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{This Moment} At The Parade

{This Moment} - A single  photo  - no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments section for all to find and see. We wish you a wonderful weekend! xo

Scenes From The Labor Day Parade

And just like that another summer comes to a close. Happy Labor Day, friends. We hope that you all had a lovely holiday weekend! xo

Scenes From The Labor Day Parade

As we do every Labor Day we walked down to the parade. It was rather warm out today so we found a lovely shady spot that allowed us to watch the parade without being in the bright sun the entire time. We only stayed about an hour but we were happy to be there to see each branch of the military, and the lovely Hallamore Clydesdales, come by! For those in America we hope that you had a lovely holiday weekend and a relaxing Labor Day today! xo

Be sure to scroll down and see pictures from our day at the pool while we were down in Florida. 

{This Moment} At The Labor Day Parade

{This Moment} - A Soule Mama Friday ritual. A single photo- no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments section for all to find and see. We wish you a lovely weekend!

On Labor Day

We didn't let a little torrential rain get us down! Instead we got our rain gear on and set out for our usual Labor Day Parade viewing spot. Our walk down fluctuated between crazy amounts of humidity and scattered showers. Even with the copious amounts of rain that occurred throughout the parade candy was still thrown, fifes and drums and bagpipes still passed by and we stood there proudly showing our support and cheering them all on. Eventually, when we were all soaked sufficiently we headed home (puddle jumping the better part of the way). While it might not have been the prettiest Labor Day we've ever had it surely was a memorable one!