Hopkinton, New York Summer Parade - Part 1

The tiny, rural town of Hopkinton, New York discontinued many of its Summer Festival events this year but the parade went on as usual. It is a short parade route but very popular. I took up a spot across from Wilber's Hardware Store as the VFW contingent marched by:

And then the firetrucks began. They were, in fact, the main part of the parade. There were trucks from Hopkinton, Fort Jackson, Norwood, Russell, North Lawrence, Lawrenceville, Parishville, Dickinson, Nicholville and the Tri-Town Coalition. How's that for area representation?:

The Tri-Town Coalition includes Stockholm, Brasher and Lawrence. They had their Summer Festival Parade the previous week:

Firetrucks galore!

Russell may have been the farthest town from Hopkinton to send a firetruck. It's still in St. Lawrence County, but then again, St. Lawrence County is the largest in New York State:

Parishville, just south of Hopkinton. The two towns share a high school:

A business/political parade entry. There is a push to get a windmill farm in the town of Hopkinton, but it is controversial:

The float in favor of windmills was mostly children, one of whom was playing the saxophone:

And several politicians were there, hoping to get their names recognized before the next election. I don't think this was the politician himself, but a local supporter:

This was a fun entry, though I never figured out what kind of group they were until I got home and Googled it. They are a dance group with local chapters all over. They sure seemed to have fun:

And they had elegant, elaborate costumes:

The Monarch Butterfly lady was especially colorful. There were more paraders, though, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: