| The 96th annual Huntington Beach 4th of July Independence
Day Parade & Celebration was a spectacular event.
Revolutionary War re-enactments in Lake Park on
Main Street provided entertainment as Red Coats and Minutemen encamped
for two days and engaged in skirmishes.
A 5-K run and pancake breakfast kick started "Parade
2000, Celebrating the Century". The parade began
at 10 a.m. starting near Main and Orange Streets and traveled up Main Street
past Garfield. An evening fireworks show at Huntington Beach High
School rounded out the spectacular celebration on July 4.
The largest parade west of the Mississippi reportedly
attracts over 250,000 people and is the largest citizen-financed event
of its kind in the United States.
Dating back to 1904 when over 50,000 people attended the
first parade, the continuing 96-year tradition demonstrates that old fashioned
patriotism never goes out of style with American businesses and families.While
the rest of the nation bakes, it is normally a cool 72 degrees near the
beach.
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