4th of July Parade, Columbia State Park, California
One of the best places to see an old-fashioned or should I say “Old Tyme” 4th of July Parade in Northern California is the one at Columbia State Park. It is a couple of hours drive as the crow flies east from San Francisco Bay area. Columbia is a Gold Rush town and the parade is infused with elements from mid-19thc. If you are lucky you may even get to see someone who looks astonishingly like Mark Twain. Twain, if you did not know, wrote his first story “The Jumping Frogs of Calaveras,” while he was in this part of the world during the famous Gold Rush period.
Here are some pictures of that old-fashioned 4th of July Parade that is definitely worth seeing. Remember to dress right since it gets pretty warm out there. Take plenty of water and wear a hat. If you get there real early you may want to go to the local ice-cream parlor and grab a cool treat . Stay after the parade when they have all sorts of fun thing to do including dancing.
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