Parades, fireworks and a COVID-free mindset marked the Fourth of July across the Dallas area, as the public celebrated the return of tradition amid the...
Parades, fireworks and a COVID-free mindset marked the Fourth of July across the Dallas area, as the public celebrated the return of tradition amid the pandemic., some event-goers later in the day were uneasy.
“I could be anyone out here carrying a firearm, and you wouldn’t know,” he said. “Now, I’m just hesitant to go anywhere.”“Tradition is kind of a dying thing,” he said. “[The kids] they don’t know what’s going on. As parents, we try to keep them away from everything going on. If something happens, I’m going to do what best I can to keep them safe.”included family-friendly activities such as inflatable bounce houses, face painting, and animal-balloons.
“If you let that stuff overcome you, these events will be things of the past,” he said. “All you can do is pray and hope that it will come to an end. It’s hard to understand shooting droves of people out here celebrating and having a good time.”Susana V. Quiambao has three favorite holidays: her birthday, Christmas and the Fourth of July.
“It was important to her mom,” Turner said. “It became important to her, and now, she is passing it on to generations.” Michele Andrews, 51, brought her 4-year-old twins Mya and Cooper to Monday’s parade, where they eagerly awaited along the route.Andrews’ family celebrates the Fourth annually with barbecues and get-togethers in between the morning parade and the fireworks show in the evening. Cooper said he was excited for the pyrotechnics and to collect “a lot of candy.”Luis Rivera Jr.
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