The weather couldn’t have been better for July 4 parade. Kirkland’s downtown sidewalks were filled with a sizeable crowd and we had a good turnout of submarine veterans, especially from the Silent Service Motorcycle Club (SSMC), and their families. As usual, the city of Kirkland did a nice job with the parade and all the festivities for celebrating Independence Day.
Here are a few photos from before the parade.
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| SubVets at the Sign-in table |
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| Refurbished float with the torpedo models added |
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| Doug Abramson and Jim Harper put the final touches on the float |
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| SSMC lines up behind the base float |
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| Visitor from the East Patti Lynn (Miss Lumpy Bumps on Don's BBS) greets Bob Opple's dog |
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| Lois Mezek, Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride, and Sam Ronnie |
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| World War II Veteran Robbie and Teri Robertson |
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| Arlene 'Ritzie' Ritzhaupt and Doug Abramson |
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| Steve 'Diamond' Friedley and his girls |
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| Submarine veterans on the steps at Heritage Hall |
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| All parade veterans on the steps |
And then it was time for the parade ...
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| Cliff Nutter leads the way |
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| Submarine veterans ready to march |
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| Jim Harper towing the float |
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| Jim Marr and Dave Goodson riding the float |
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| SSMC follows the float |
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| SSMC making the turn in front of Heritage Hall |
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| The SSMC had a really good turnout |
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| Doug Abramson in his classic car |
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| Sam Ronnie's limo brings up the rear |
After the parade, we got a few more pictures...
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| Larry and Nan Abbott |
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| Bob and Dani Haslan |
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| Ken Board and his little buddy |
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| WWII (Army) veteran Starr Reed and friend (I didn't catch his name, sorry) |
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| A couple more SSMC members that I didn't get the names for |
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| Bonnie Osborn, Don Gentry, Patti Lynn, and Ric Hedman |
It was great parade, we really enjoyed it.
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