Bardstown
225 Year Parade, July 4, 2005 Editor's Note: I discovered
these photos recently on a misplaced memory card.
The July 4 parade was small, but the weather was great.
Click images to enlarge.
The Chamber of Commerce was one
of several groups represented at the July 4 parade.
Mayor Dixie Hibbs waves to onlookers.
State Sen. Dan Kelly, left, and
State Rep. David Floyd are driven by Bardstown businessman
Rhodie Wheeler in Wheeler's 1966 Chevrolet Impala convertible.
Members of the Bardstown-Nelson
County Volunteer Fire Department pull an antique piece
of firefighting equipment.
Settles Home Supply owner Jim
Hicks drives
his antique fire truck.
The Bardstown fire department's
aerial ladder truck turns the corner by Baskin-Robbins
onto North Third Street.
The Eugene & Wilson firetruck
was filled
with young passengers.
This young passenger of a stretch
limo took time to wave to the crowd along the parade
route.
Wade Hibbs waves as he drives
Engine 51 from the Boston Volunteer Fire Department
A Kosair Shrine clown crosses
North Third to perform a magic trick for a group of
children.
Non-motorized vehicles were included
in the parade entries, though this was one of the few
bicycles entered.
The Kosiar mini-car squad cut
laps and figure eights all along the parade route.
This early 1950s Chevrolet led
a long line of classic cars entered in the parade.
Dan Bennett pilots the Heavenhill
Trolley.
Looking
a little like they would rather be chasing candy, Little
Miss and Mister Nelson County 2004 did their best to
respect their titles.
The car of my dreams is a pre-1971
Plymouth Road Runner. Beep-beep!
These young ladies discuss the finer points of tossing
candy to the throngs of kids curbside.
This mid-60s Mercury is often
mistaken for its Ford
b rethren, the Fairlane.
There's nothing better than a convertible PT Cruiser
on a sunny day. Riding atop this one is Aarin Seward,
Miss Pre-Teen Nelson County.
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