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| Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet Carrying the American flag, Tom Campbell was one patriotic rollerskier during Stockholm’s annual Fourth of July Parade. Shown at left sporting Maine Winter Sports Center garb is Russell Currier. Please see ‘Around the Region’. |
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
STOCKHOLM — It was a crowd pleasing, flag waving, candy throwing Fourth of July Parade in Stockholm and not even sporadic rain could dampen the community’s patriotic spirit.
Stockholm’s First Selectman David Duquette was one of many lining the streets to view the parade, and he heard a lot of good things.
“People thought it was one of our better parades, and I thought it was very nice, considering it rained a bit,” Duquette said. His favorite parade entries were the Central Aroostook Community Band and the Van Buren Marching Band.
The Fourth of July Parade is just one of many events that brings many individuals with Stockholm roots back to the community.
Eric and Peggy Nelson, for example, were up from Washington, D.C. to visit Eric’s father, Hazen Nelson, of Stockholm.
Enthusiastically waving flags and cheering for the passing floats, they commented how much they were enjoying Stockholm’s parade.
“[The parade] brings people into town and it helps the couple of businesses that we have in town,” Duquette said.
With parade entries including a baseball team, beauty queens and Corvettes — arguably the only thing that could have made Stockholm’s Fourth of July parade more All-American would be an apple pie.
