What is Fourth of July without Fireworks at Marina del Rey?

What is Fourth of July Without a Parade in Westchester?

The parade in Westchester—and it is the only one around– starts at the Westchester Park at Lincoln and Manchester and goes North on Loyola Blvd to the University in the morning. The street is packed with residents and visitors. People on the boulevard line their lawns with chairs for the residents and visitors. This year there were 50 events.

History of the parade, according to HomeTown News of Westchester, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Marina del Rey, started in 2000 and was meant to be the culmination of a series of events held by the Westchester/Playa del Rey Historical Society to help celebrate the millennium. Realtor and longtime resident Mary Lou Crockett spearheaded the idea for the parade that included the notion that it would need to team with another entity. In this case it was the Chamber of Commerce. This it did and as a result, the Fourth of July parade in Westchester became an annual event, growing each year.

They come dressed for the occasion.

They all came to cheer it on.

What is a parade on the Fourth without the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem?

What is a parade without dogs?

Without kids?

Without marchers?

Without a politician?

Without a classic car and a calliope?

Without a California Stagecoach and “riding horses?”

Without a minature railroad train?

Without the Statue of Liberty?

Without a kid handing out lollipops to kids?

Without tall characters?

Without those who cherish it all?

Without “who knows what?”

Without dancers?

Without an alligator?

Without an EPA statement?

Without a winner?

Without a marching band?

Without Uncle Sam saluting Uncle Sam?

Without a WHAT?–Wheelbarrow drill team with drill master Jed Sharpe. They can manipulate the barrows like one has never seen.

Without dancing horses?

Without happy watchers who hate to leave?