Seeing Red, White, and Blue: Robyn and Douglas Athas tootling along in the Garland Jaycees' Labor Day Parade.
Photo credit: Linda Jaresh

 
Monday was the Garland Jaycees' 64th Annual Labor Day Parade. Boy Scout Troop 57 led the parade this year with a flag honor guard, a large float, and a canoe. A fire engine from Station 1 separated the Scouts from the first of the politicians. It took State Representative Joe Driver, US Representative Sam Johnson, Mayor Ron Jones, and the Council members about thirty minutes to traverse the entire parade route. Incredibly, the whole parade was a little under two hours by the time all the participants had found their way to Central Park. I shouldn't point this out but it is easy to go the whole parade route and then make your way back to the end and do it all over again. I didn't notice anyone doing that but I'm just saying … the parade is that big.
 
The photo above by Linda Jaresh must be just one of hundreds that she seems to have taken during the parade. To recapture the spirit of the event and to see some of what you missed, her photos have been posted to her site, Around Garland. My appreciation to Linda for her hard work and to the all the Jaycees that have kept this historic event going all these years in Garland.
 

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Comment from: Jimmy [Visitor]

Douglas,
According to the U.S. Flag code, the U.S. flag should never be worn as a article of clothing.

09/12/09 @ 16:13

Comment from: Douglas [Member] · http://www.douglasathas.net

Agreed. No flags were harmed in the making of that shirt. While the stars and stripes are suggestive of the flag, a flag they do not make.

09/12/09 @ 18:19

Comment from: Mess [Visitor]

Thanks for the link to Linda Jaresh's "Around Garland". I have seen Linda taking pics at several events lately, but I would not have known where to view the pictures were it not for the mention on your blog.

09/13/09 @ 09:31

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