KENNETT SQUARE: Memorial Day parade

Kennett Square's Memorial Day parade was just amazing. We were struck this year by the sheer variety of the participants. For instance, after a solemn military color guard marched by carrying the Stars and Stripes, a marching band struck up Gary Glitter's party anthem "Rock and Roll Part 2" -- followed by a bagpiper playing "Scotland the Brave." The diversity was almost dizzying: Mummers from the Ferko String Band; military reenactors from all eras; martial artists; Uncle Sam on stilts; vintage cars; Aztec dancers; a Viking ship; penny-farthing bicycles; Shriners on minibikes; church groups; Scouts; marching bands; bluegrass bands; a barbershop quartet; ladies in hoop skirts; Step dancers from Wilmington; two guys in light-up Transformers costumers; old military vehicles; the Kennett High School robotics team; huge wreckers; a guy on a unicycle; a fife-and-drum corps; shiny tractors; gleaming ambulances and fire trucks. I'm sure I'm forgetting something; the parade went on for two full hours.
Military veterans received special attention, and the grand marshals of this year's parade were Korean War Veteran Harry Collins, a veteran of the Korean War, and World War II veterans Al, Guy, and Tony DiNorscia.
We enjoy the parade immensely every year. Bill Taylor and his committee do a fabulous job.