For small town America, Belhaven, North Carolina is well celebrated for its elaborate 4th of July celebrations. This post is a pictorial of some of it.
Hence, we present the pictorial here below:
Nothing brings a community together like a parade; the projection of varied candy is nice too: Above. The parade platform pulled by a tractor, wrapped in the patriotic colors of the day, is the perfect presentation of a 4th of July parade: Below. photos by Stan Deatherage Click images to expand.
Positioned on platforms in this parade are citizens, businesses; patriots of all stripes, including a bevy of pageant finalists of all ages.
Very interesting float: Above. Lovely participant; just one of many: Below. photos by Stan Deatherage Click images to expand.
Pretty young ladies, as far as the eye can see.
What would the 4th of July be like without pageants and pageant contestants: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage Click images to expand.
In the Belhaven 4th of July Parade, there is something for everyone.
Some folks like classic tractors: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage Click images to expand.
I know; I was there, and they all found a place in this parade.
Other folks are content with a patriotic monkey on a bicycle, or a politician, riding in a convertible, whose only demand is that we 'Make America Hood Again', essentially proving that Belhaven's 4th of July Parade is a veritable crowd pleaser: Above and below. photos by Stan Deatherage Click images to expand.