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Copper Harbor MI is a very small town (with less than 100 year-round inhabitants but lots more in the summer) which sits just at the tip of the Keweenaw, about 4 miles from our house. It consists of about 3 blocks (plus side streets). Every year it has a parade that celebrates Independence Day. It is very much Americana. See for yourself.
The parade starts with its Grandmaster and various town and county vehicles, such as fire trucks and their like.
These are followed by people on trucks, plows, motor-cycles; staff from restaurants: or kids just wanting to be in a parade.