The Arthur Manor Neighborhoo
d Association will hold its 98th Annual July 4th parade and ceremony on Sa
turday\, July 4th.
The lineup for the parade will begin at 9:1
5 am at the corner of Bell and Sprague Roads and the parade will start pro
mptly at 9:45 am. The parade will then march down Sprague Road\, turn left
at Lyons Road\, and then proceed to Davis Park. Children interested in pa
rticipating in the parade can dress in patriotic costume or decorate their
bicycles\, tricycles\, wagons or strollers with patriotic decorations. Pe
ts are also encouraged to dress in patriotic costumes.
For tho
se families that plan to build floats for the July 4th parade\, this year
the judges will award extra points to those floats that include U.S. patri
otic themes and are constructed using “homemade” rather than prefabricated
materials. For example\, more points will be awarded for hand painted des
igns on the floats than designs that are commercially available. The celeb
ration continues at Davis Park with a ceremony\, comments from Village off
icials\, and awards for parade participants in all of the traditional para
de categories.
Following the ceremony\, the Association will h
old the annual field games – including the egg toss at the end! Hot dogs\,
bottled water and other food and refreshments will be available for purch
ase. The Association encourages everyone to come out this year and celebra
te the 4th of July by showing your patriotic colors! Please contact Matt M
artin at matthew.martin@p
attoneakins.com or (917) 697-2747 if you would like to help out with t
his year’s festivities.
The Arthur
Manor Neighborhood Association will hold its 98th Annual July 4th parade a
nd ceremony on Saturday\, July 4th.
The lineup for the parade
will begin at 9:15 am at the corner of Bell and Sprague Roads and the para
de will start promptly at 9:45 am. The parade will then march down Sprague
Road\, turn left at Lyons Road\, and then proceed to Davis Park. Children
interested in participating in the parade can dress in patriotic costume
or decorate their bicycles\, tricycles\, wagons or strollers with patrioti
c decorations. Pets are also encouraged to dress in patriotic costumes.
For those families that plan to build floats for the July 4th pa
rade\, this year the judges will award extra points to those floats that i
nclude U.S. patriotic themes and are constructed using “homemade” rather t
han prefabricated materials. For example\, more points will be awarded for
hand painted designs on the floats than designs that are commercially ava
ilable. The celebration continues at Davis Park with a ceremony\, comments
from Village officials\, and awards for parade participants in all of the
traditional parade categories.
Following the ceremony\, the A
ssociation will hold the annual field games – including the egg toss at th
e end! Hot dogs\, bottled water and other food and refreshments will be av
ailable for purchase. The Association encourages everyone to come out this
year and celebrate the 4th of July by showing your patriotic colors! Plea
se contact Matt Martin at matthew.martin@pattoneakins.com or (917) 697-2747 if you would like t
o help out with this year’s festivities.