For years my family and I have gone to the Fourth of July parade and the Drum and Bugle Corps competition at the Memorial Stadium. The Drum and Bugle Corps competition has been dropped and the Salty Sea Days has become larger and larger – especially the parade.
The Fourth of July parade for a city the size of Everett is a disgrace. You have the streets lined with people to see and hear marching bands and see the beautiful floats – which just aren’t there. The parade has deteriorated as the Salty Sea Days has become so prominent.
There was a suggestion that the Salty Sea Days should be the week prior to the Fourth of July with the week ending in one parade – the Fourth of July parade. It seems that this would save money and energy in not having to put on two parades.
I hope The Herald will promote such a combination so that we can finally have a great (and much missed) Fourth of July parade.
Mukilteo
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