Dan and I have been looking forward to our first July 4th celebration in our new hometown of Castine, Maine and it most certainly didn't disappoint. Whenever people spoke of the impending festivities, the name Normal Rockwell always seemed to pop up. After experiencing the day's events, all I can say is Mr. Rockwell would have been proud and had a plethora of subject matter to paint.
The last time I saw an old-fashioned July 4th parade with decorated bikes and wagons was as a child while visiting my grandparents at the Jersey shore. From the minute Dan and I approached the town common, I frequently found myself overcome with emotion and welling up with tears of happiness. I hope and pray these celebrations and traditions will never be lost.
I'm going to let the photos speak for the day, but will say the highlights were the little piglet named Jimmy Dean in the parade and the pie eating contest. Sadly, the weather was not terribly cooperative with morning rain during the Otter House 5K race and evening fog causing the fireworks to be postponed.
I hope your Fourth of July was as memorable as ours. Enjoy Castine's Fourth in the photos below!
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ReplyDeleteMy sister-in-law found your blog, trying to find the results to the fun run. We were visiting Castine that week and were actually in quite a few of your pictures! (My husband is in the blue t-shirt in the parade pic and the tug-o-war pic.) Anywho, I just loved everything about that 4th of July celebration. It was the perfect day (minus rain), exactly what a small town celebration looks like. Loved it!
Hayley
Hi Hayley,
DeleteSo glad you had a wonderful time at the festivities. It really was a magical day....even though the fireworks were postponed due to fog. I hope you were able to stay until Friday night when the fireworks went off without a hitch. They were THE most gorgeous fireworks I've ever seen.
Kristin
We were! We got the kids in their pj's, headed down, walked down the the wharf right as they started. It was great!
ReplyDeleteSo happy you were there. And what could be better than watching it in pj's! Oh, to be a kid again!
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