Birmingham, Michigan held its summer parade on Sunday. The weather couldn't have been better for a parade - sunny but not overly hot with clear skies.
Birmingham is a small yet very tony city north of Detroit.
The theme of the parade was honoring Vietnam War veterans.
First came the city commissioners along with a nice early Ford:
Then the fire trucks with sirens wailing and lights flashing:
Next came a contingent of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, led by the Sheriff himself.
Included in the procession was the Dive Team:
Next was an Honor Guard of Vietnam Era vets, who marched to some very loud applause.
Many more Vietnam veterans organizations marched by.
Some vets drove:
Classic cars were also in the parade:
As was a classic fire truck:
And a classic ambulance:
Marching bands:
A unicycle team:
And, you can't have a parade these days without some demonstrators:
Nothing like a bunch of know-nothings yelling "No justice, no peace" and "Black lives matter" during a parade honoring Vietnam Veterans.
Once the parade ended, we wandered to the end point of the parade, a park where a quite a few of the parade participants hung out.
Among those at the park were the clowns making huge soap bubbles while on stilts:
The kids got to climb into the fire truck and look around it, which they enjoyed.
It was a great day for a quintessentially American small-town parade.
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