Ann Arbor Fourth of July Parade

Thousands of parade viewers lined downtown streets

Candy-throwing politicians, a bike choir, baton twirlers, horseback riders, more politicians, clowns, a fife & drum corps and others marched the route as entries in this year’s Ann Arbor Fourth of July parade, which drew thousands of spectators to line the streets of downtown Saturday morning. The Chronicle enjoyed the spectacle and snapped a few photographs.

Crowd at Main and Liberty

A crowd at the northeast corner of Main and Liberty awaits the next parade entry.

The Ann Arbor Bike Choir

The Ann Arbor Bike Choir rides (and sings) on the Conference Bike.

Fife & Drum

Members of a fife & drum corps, one of the few musical entries in the parade.

Main & William

Red helium-filled balloons, handed out by KeyBank, dotted the streets (and floated overhead) of downtown Ann Arbor. This shot is looking north on Main, near William.

Kurt

Local attorney Kurt Berggren chats up the paraders from Michigan Peaceworks, whose entry included Lady Liberty.

6 Comments

  1. By michael
    July 5, 2009 at 12:09 pm | permalink

    any pics of the big cow?!

  2. By Dave Askins
    July 5, 2009 at 12:16 pm | permalink

    I didn’t see any pictures of any cows of any size in the Chronicle set. Readers who’ve taken photos they’ve posted online are certainly welcome to link to them in a comment (just paste the URL, we’ll make it a link).

    So wait up, there was a big cow??

  3. By Linda Diane Feldt
    July 5, 2009 at 12:19 pm | permalink

    Washtenaw Dairy had a big cow float.

  4. By Tom Whitaker
    July 5, 2009 at 4:37 pm | permalink

    And free popsicles, to boot!

  5. By Dave Askins
    July 5, 2009 at 8:30 pm | permalink

    Here’s a picture of the cow from Chronicle reader, Sabra Briere.

  6. By Scott Chisholm
    July 7, 2009 at 11:09 am | permalink

    I want to thank the Ann Arbor Jaycees (www.a2jaycees.org) for putting on the parade every year. It takes months of preperation and a lot of hard work to put on a Parade like this. Also, don’t forget their Summer Carnival out at Pioneed this weekend!