Parades

Chelsea (right) and I at the Homestead Days Parade

I have been able to participate in two different parades since I have started working at Homestead National Monument. I got to ride in the Beatrice Rural Fire truck with fellow SCA intern Chelsea Schrage,  in the Homestead Days Parade. The truck was just part of Homestead National Monument's entry in the Homestead Days Parade. The monument's entry also included homesteading decendents carrying  flags of the 30 homesteading flags and a group of AmeriCorps (NCCC) group dress in period clothing carrying flags celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act. The parade was a great way to remind the community that there is a National Park Service site in their backyards!

The monument has participated in many parade this season in southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas. I had the opportunity to march in the Diller, Nebraska parade with Chelsea and some volunteers.  The Diller parade was a part of the 'Party on the Plains' community picnic.

Diller NE parade

The monument is schedule to participate in many more parades this season in southeast Nebraska, including the Wilber Czech Festival parade. Keep an eye open if you are at any parades in southeast Nebraska because there is a good chance that someone will be in it representing the monument!