Oswego’s Annual Fourth Of July Parade Attracts Thousands
by Steve Yablonski | July 3, 2016 11:41 pm
[1] Members of the Marching Bucs perform for the crowd
[2] Purchasing a balloon before the parade.
[3] A youngster makes some bubbles while waiting for the parade to start.
[4] The Amazing Spiderman greets the kids along the parade route.
[5] Tony Tuso is all smiles as he prepares to watch the parade.
[6] Legislator Jack Proud, a grand marshal of the parade, and his wife wave to the crowd.
[7] ARISE was well-represented.
[8] Boy Scouts marched in the parade.
[9] Members of the Girl Scouts were also on hand.
[10] Some of the Cruizers’ classic cars were on display.
[11] The Children’s Museum entry depicted Oswego’s history.
[12] Historian Barb Dix was one of the grand marshals.
[13] Mayor Billy Barlow
[14] Team Red, White and Blue
[15] Some of the Marching Bucs’ color guard.
[16] Many people staked out their spot long before the parade started.
[17] Fort Ontario’s entry had a patriotic theme
[18] “Elvis” lead the large crowd in singing ‘America.’
[19] A young parade-goer reaches out for a hunk of sno-cone.
[20] Gypsy sports a bow as well as a red, white and blue heart at the parade.
[21] The county’s float presented several historic Oswego County men and women, including Edward Sheldon and Dr. Mary Walker.
[22] Members of the Oswego Minor Hockey Association staged an impromptu game along the parade route
[23] The Island Band is always a parade favorite.
[24] The Pop Warner Cheerleaders put on a show.
[25] The Oswego Players advertised their upcoming play – ‘Fools’
[26] Oswego Rotary
[27] The Ogdensburg marching band was a new crowd favorite.
[28] A member of the Blue Devils salutes the crowd after her baton drill.
[29] Enjoying a nice cold sno-cone while watching the parade stroll by.
[30] A contingent from SUNY Oswego was also on hand.
[31] A group of horses meander past the crowds
[32] The Oswego Masons
[33] OCO – celebrating 50 years
OSWEGO, NY – Families and friends packed both sides of West Bridge Street for Oswego’s annual 4th of July Parade on Sunday.
Temperatures settled into the mid 70s with a light breeze, making it perfect to sit by the side of the road under clear blue skies and watch the parade go by.
The parade came up West Bridge Street at 1 p.m. and headed east, passing large cheering crowds as it did so.
Many people have been attending the annual parade for years.
For some it is a tradition to arrive several hours before the parade and stake out their favorite spots using lawn furniture and blankets. There is an unwritten parade law that you don’t disturb a location someone has already claimed.
Tony Tuso of Oswego has been coming to the parade for more than five decades.
“We always sit in the same place,” he said from his vantage point in the southeast corner of East Park. “It’s a great place to watch the parade. You can see it all, and it’s cool and shady.”
While Oswego had hosted many parades on different occasions, it was during 1964 that friends and fellow Jaycee members Bill Green and Bill Gregway decided that Oswego needed a bigger event than just a fireworks display to celebrate our nation’s birthday.
Thus the tradition of the Oswego Independence Day Parade was born.
This year, as they always have, representatives of Oswego Health’s Sun Patrol passed out sunscreen to help keep people safe in the sun.
The sun patrol was established in 1990 when Nurse Practitioner, Nancy Dowd, a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department of Oswego Hospital at the time, noticed that there were many children coming into the emergency department with severe and sometimes second-degree sun burns following the Fourth of July parade.
Trucks, floats, and police cars were aplenty as well as a few marching bands and other musical acts, including a glimpse at the Oswego Players’ upcoming production of ‘Fools,’ which opens July 8.
Among the marching bands were: the pride of Oswego the Marching Buccaneers, Down Beat Percussion, the Island Band, and others.
Many groups threw candy to the crowd, which children dove after with gusto.
The parade may have come to an end, but the celebration wasn’t over.
The fun continued at Fort Ontario with several Oswego County Bicentennial activities as well as the Oswego Players’ production of the children’s play, “Trouble in the Magic Wood” at 6 p.m.
A fireworks display over the harbor wrapped up the events.
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