Photo: Bubbles! Courtesy of Jeff Lautenberger.
The people of Takoma Park got to stepping Saturday in its annual Fourth of July parade.
“Lots of weird and bizarre scenes as always,” shutterbug Jeff Lautenberger wrote on his website. “The whole community spirit and interaction reminded me why I always love to come check the parade out.”
Meanwhile, Twitter user @essca covered the parade live (hashtag #tkp4th), noting that “Takoma Park is so, well, Takoma Park.”
Click on the thumbnails to view larger images, and check out more pics by Lautenberger on Flickr.
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I don’t think the parade is bizarre or weird. I’ve been going for 26 years(and was in the parade twice). There is a very neighborhood feel and some things are very Takoma Park. This year the TK council members almost all rode bikes or pedicabs- and Terry Seamens pulled another coouncil member in a rickshaw(Terry must be 70)
Thanks for your comment, Andrea. While photog Jeff Lautenberger does say the parade had “weird and bizarre scenes,” he adds (and the article quotes):
It’s too bad that the downtown Silver Spring area can’t have an annual Fourth of July celebration like a parade or fireworks. Hmmm … might have to organize an annual Penguin BBQ or something.
Sure, council members pulling each other in rickshaws – nothing weird about that, right?