The July 4, 2024 Parade in Washington, D.C. in pictures!

Honoring the Folds of Honor in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

The Chaparral High School Marching Band from Las Vegas, NV in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

What would a parade be without the Clydesdales?  Thank you, Budweiser! In the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie
 

Troop 55 from Great Falls, VA, chartered by St. Francis Episcopal Church, National Capital Area Council in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Beauties on parade, July 4, 2024 Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Waconia High School Marching Band, Waconia, MN in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

He is? Representing the Netherlands in the Euro Bowl? In the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

This group represented areas in and around Seattle who not only played music but stopped to perform, too, in the the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

This group represented areas in and around Seattle who not only played music but stopped to perform, too, in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C.  

"Jump when I say jump! 

"You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out, you put your right foot in and you shake it all about! You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around; that's what it's all about!""/By Patricia Leslie

These thirsties didn't get the message that D.C. had an areawide alert to boil water. At the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

In the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Bolivian dancers in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Would you walk a mile in these shoes?  She did in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Sikhs love America and marched in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Sikhs in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

John Marshall High School's Lawyers from Cleveland, OH marched in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

It'll be here before you know it but now you have the date for the 2025 National Cherry Blossom Festival: Mar. 20 - Apr. 13.  You sure about that late date? Climate change has the blossoms flowering long before March 20! In the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

The Gotta Swingers were dancin' in the street in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

What would a parade be without the Falun Dafa? At the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

The Falun Dafa had straight lines in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

George and Martha?? Couldn't be since vehicles weren't around in the 18th century. But who's counting? The 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

Bring on the dogs! In the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

At the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

The Deuel High School Marching Cardinals from Cedar Lake, SD in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

The Dev Garjana Percussion Band from Chantilly, VA in the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

At parade's end, crowds gathered to enter the cool Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. but no one jumped in the water (at last sighting)/By Patricia Leslie

A side show on 12th Street, N.W. after the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

A side show on 12th Street, N.W. after the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

A side show on 12th Street, N.W. after the 2024 Independence Day Parade, Washington, D.C./By Patricia Leslie

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The Washington Nationals Championship Parade!

This flag marks the beginning of  the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade at the corner of Constitution and 15th, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

See the lady's shark hat?  For an explanation of the ties to the Washington Nationals, please go here.  She was at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Look!  Racing President Thomas Jefferson (on far right) came, too.on a bicycle!  Someone in the crowd said it must have been tough wearing this big head and riding a bike, but like most presidents, T.J. got the job done at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

I think this is Gerardo Parra at the front (who wears the tinted glasses) getting ready to throw...a t-shirt? He's the one who started the Nats' Baby Shark craze when he opted to use the song for his walk-up.  His children loved it, and so does he, and thousands more!

The buses moved up Constitution towards the Capitol, and the players and their families hung out on bus tops.  It was difficult to see all of them, and I missed Strasburg and Scherzer, and maybe, Rendon.  A loud speaker would have helped.  Fans who watched the parade at home told me you couldn't tell on TV either which players were on the buses at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Parra (I think) is the "Daddy Shark" at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

This is...who knows? The fellow in white, sunglasses, and hat holds two beers in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

This is the same group as above in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019, I took these pictures from a wall at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Across the street is the U.S. Department of Commerce/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Troops in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Oh, oh, a Harper shirt.at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019. See below for another version of it/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Matt Adams wears #15 and Patrick Corbin, #46, but I'm not sure if the men in these shirts are the players in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

This may be Rendon's bus in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie

This is ...? In the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Racing President Abraham Lincoln, looking stern as always, showed up riding a bicycle in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Racing President Teddy Roosevelt came, too, to meet up with Abe who turned his bicycle around to greet Teddy, also riding a bike. Everybody loves Teddy, because he's got that huge smile on his face. They were in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019. Never saw George the whole day/photo by Patricia Leslie.

I couldn't resist, but had to include another photo of the presidents passing each other
in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

There goes Teddy in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

This is Kendrick waving from the back of the bus. Thank you, Kendrick!  In the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

These were pom-pom people on a bus.  I especially like the woman on the ground in the light green jacket floating with the crowd at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Children grow in trees where they can see the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade a lot better! Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

"Go Nats!" at the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Clydesdales, of course, in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Revelers in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Soto! (I think) In front of the bus in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie.

Who ... in the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019? I missed Sean Doolittle when he went by, but the crowd behind me screamed his name: "D -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o."  Thank you, Sean Doolittle, for holding firm to your values and for refusing to participate in a ceremony at a place which has no values.  I hope more players join Doolittle. (Update: The following also did not attend:: Anthony Rendon, Javy Guerra, Joe Ross, Wander Suero, Wilmer Difo, Michael A. Taylor, Victor Robles, Roenis Elías, Raudy Read and Tres Barrera.  On behalf of civilization, thanks, guys!)./photo by Patricia Leslie.

The Budweiser beer tent in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Beer and hot dogs were reasonably priced. ("Take me out to the ball game.")  That beer was sold on Constitution Avenue was a wonderful surprise.  Near the end of the parade, all that were left were Bud Lites, but that was A-OK, since some were left, thank Nationals!  Surely, the museum got a cut of the non-stop sales (I stood on the wall nearby to keep count) since its name was on the receipt. At the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie

The trophy!  The trophy!  Zimmerman holding it, maybe? In the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie

Another trophy shot, held by Martinez? Do the Nationals get to keep it  for a year, like the Capitals kept the Stanley Cup for a year, and take it on a worldwide tour, including swimming and filling it up with all kinds of goodies? At the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie

Joy to the Red!  Confetti spewed from blowers near the end of the parade which lasted about an hour or about double the length of the Capitals' parade.last year. At the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie
Whoosh! More confetti! At the end of the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie

At the end of the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019. No signs left lying on the ground per usual.  Everyone carried them home save those who didn't get one, like me.  Sniff/photo by Patricia Leslie

Walking along 17th Street at the Executive Office Building with the Renwick Museum in the distance, after the  Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019/photo by Patricia Leslie

At the East Falls Church Metro station, this lady has her Harper number all covered up!  Where's Harper? Not in the District of Champions for the Washington Nationals World Series Championship Parade, Nov. 2, 2019!/photo by Patricia Leslie

Baby sharks take over Nationals Land! Like near the East Falls Church Metro station, Nov. 2, 2019 and on ears of ladies, and I saw a man wearing baby shark sunglasses. Attention:  Ball Players:  Let's do it again!/Photo by Patricia Leslie


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