Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Even an earthquake did not interrupt the annual procession down Main Street
The Santa Monica High School marching band at the 2019 Independence Day Parade
The parade centered around children, naturally
Trump protestor with No Children in Cages T shirt
Uncle Sam trumpeting to some skeptical children
The stilt walkers seem unaffected when the earth started to move in the Ridgecrest July 4 pre-earthquake shock.
Jerry "Peace Activist" Rubin added some local color as the Statue of Liberty
Joy Fulmer at the Main Street Independence Day Parade in Santa Monica
A woman shouts during the Main Street Independence Day Parade in Santa Monica, July 4, 2019.
Main Street Independence Day Parade in Santa Monica, July 4 2019
Despite the earthquakes, Santa Monica conducted its annual parade on Thursday July 4, 2019. It lasted from 9:30 to 11 am. The 6.4 Richter scale temblor occurred at 10:19 am.
The parade featured more than the usual protests, this is after all the Trump era. One lady had a shirt that said "children in cages." And local peace activist Jerry Rubin was there.
The santa monica high school marching band was there, as were the usual stilt walkers. The quake did not throw them off balance.
An earthquake literally occurred during the parade, the first of two back to back earthquakes centered near Ridgecrest California. This was the first one, the 6.4 earthquake. Few people seemed to notice it however, and the parade was not interrupted.
From the Ocean Park Association's website: "The 13th Annual Fourth of July Parade July 4, 9:30am-12pm Main Street Produced by the Ocean Park Association, celebrate home and country at the 13th annual Santa Monica 4th of July Parade. The Santa Monica Fourth of July Parade has grown every year and brings together families, musicians, civic groups and exhibitionists of all stripes."
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