F-15 fighter jet flies over Siskiyou Boulevard to signal the start of the parade

Houses and people along the parade route all decked out in their patriotic red, white, and blue

At times the 4th of July parade looked more like the Halloween parade

A clown driving a funny car followed by the Ashland High School football team

Ashland Family YMCA 4th of July parade entry

Southern Oregon Rollergirls

Part of the Southern Oregon University parade entry

Having a party while watching the parade--I want to sit with these people next year

The evening wrapped up with fireworks fired off from Iowa Street near the SOU softball fields

Posted on July 6th, 2012 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: July 4, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, parade. Comments Off on Some more pics from Ashland’s 4th of July festivities

Ashland fireworks from Ashland Middle School soccer field

Angela Spieker of the SOU women's volleyball team representing the university in the parade

Posted on July 5th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: fireworks, July 4, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, parade, volleyball. Comments Off on More photos from the Fourth of July

Posted on July 4th, 2012 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland middle school, fireworks, July 4, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Ashland fireworks

I had only been to one of the four prior Ashland 4th of July parades until today.

SOU parade entry

Before that I don’t think I had missed more than one during the first eight years we lived in Ashland.

The Macaroni’s band is still in the parade.

I’ll post some more photos from this event over the next week.

Posted on July 4th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: July 4, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, nikon d7000, parade. Comments Off on Ashland’s annual 4th of July Parade – 2012

At last year’s 4th of July parade the Ashland Springs Hotel had a “Then and Now” wedding theme for their parade entry.

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This group leads the Halloween parade and brings up the rear in the Fourth of July parade each year. Only one more week until this year’s big parade.

Posted on June 27th, 2010 under only in ashland, people. Tags: July 4. Comments: 2

A photograph from last year’s fireworks display… Not bad considering I didn’t have a tripod.

Posted on May 15th, 2010 under only in ashland. Tags: fireworks, July 4, night photography. Comments Off on Fireworks

A flashback to last summer’s 4th of July Parade in Ashland.

Posted on April 28th, 2010 under people, places. Tags: buildings, July 4. Comments Off on Starbucks on parade day

At long last I will finish this series with a bang. I took this one on the Fourth. However, if you want to see fireworks in Southern Oregon on the day before the Fourth you can at Lake of the Woods. Those are even better thanks to the reflection.

Posted on August 5th, 2009 under only in ashland. Tags: fireworks, July 4, lx3, night photography. Comments: 4