Yesterday, I went to the Fourth of July parade in Adrian. It was nice-- plenty of people came out waving flags and enjoying the day. The Adrian City Band (a fine ensemble which performs in Trestle Park every Thursday at 7:30PM during the summer) performed for the crowd...... and the firefighters-- foes of Congressman Tim Walberg-- had a strong presence, and passed flags out to the crowd.
Local Democrats and progressive interests had a strong presence. Here's Democratic state Representative Dudley Spade and former Representative Doug Spade (his brother):
... and here's a bad photo of the Lenawee County Democratic Party's float:
... and some folks raising awareness about global warming and urging a cut in carbon emissions:
... And David Nacht was there, too, but the camera batteries died just as he was coming by. *sigh* He had quite a crew of supporters and a pretty large banner, and was trying to talk to the crowd as he went by. Still, I was impressed that he came.

Then the Republicans came. Or, rather, they didn't.

There was, of course, the big banner announcing their arrival:
But aside from county commissioners, neither state Senator Cameron Brown nor Congressman Tim Walberg came.

Though he did send a Corvette with a sign:
The man driving isn't the congressman, but he's presumably a loyal supporter.

And, any photos of Adrian wouldn't be complete without the historic county courthouse:


Thus completes my first experiment in photo-blogging. How did all of you spend the Fourth?

Labels: Open Thread, Tim Walberg