Yay, yay, a thousand times yay! I don't even like parades, but I love me the annual Somerville Memorial Day parade, which only gets bigger and better every year.
Marching bands? Check
Little Leaguers? Check
Dixie Land bands on flatbeds? Check
Clomping Clydesdales? Check
Local beauty queens? Check (Miss Medford 2007 - drool...)
The Cycling Murrays? Check
200+ elderly men in red fezzes driving tiny cars? OH YES!
The Sunday of the Memorial Day weekend. Kicks off at Somerville High at 1, wending its way down through Davis and up to Teele Square.
YAY!
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Postparade update: A little disappointing and underwhelming this year, but still the best Memorial Day parade in Somerville. The Broadway parade has nothing on this, and the Somerville Ave parade isn't worthy to even be mentioned in the same sentence.
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Postparade update update: Screw it - 5 STARS!!!! read more