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Stanberry, MO Independence Day

Published July 4, 2019

Sirens will blare and hats will cover hearts. Kids will grab candy off the street and dogs will barf Tootsie rolls on the sidewalk. This is why we got divorced from England. Happy 4th of July from Stanberry, Missouri.

And they’re all lined up: An orderly line of youngsters get ready for the candy shower.

The mules and I were there to soak up the action. And catch a Blow Pop and 3 Tootsie rolls. Here are some photos of the day.

The day starts with the community breakfast at the community hall. On the menu: home grown sausage, biscuits, coffee and fruit. Lots of fruit. Admission price? Free will offering.
Let the parade begin: Pinky leads the tractor charge. Pinky is a 1948 Farmall. I suspect the paint job isn’t original. This being the mid-West…
…there were lots of tractors. And well-behaved kids. These are the same kids as in the first photo. Note how they’re still perfectly lined up even though their bags are filling up with candy. Now that’s disciplined teamwork. Or maybe they’re all just glued to the ground by all that candy on the street.
Yeah, those kids are definitely stuck to the ground by their flip flops. Not even this giant spreader truck could make them break rank. It did make them look mighty small, though.
Driver’s ed courtesy of John Deere
Watching
Of course Old Glory was there.
It’s not a parade without horses.
It’s also not a parade without a belly ache. Brick and Cracker each get a Tootsie roll. I get the Blow Pop. And the left over Tootsie roll.

I wish you and your family a wonderful independence day wherever you are. Tomorrow, given decent weather, the mules and I head toward Conception, Missouri.

Heading out

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