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Lake Bluff Independence Day Parade a slice of Americana

Steppin’ Up Northshore Academy’s (left to right) Lily Walsh, Annie McNette and Taylor Petz wave “U.S.A.” from their competitive dance team’s float during the Lake Bluff Fourth of July Parade in downtown Lake Bluff. Photos by Steve Handwerker/22nd Century Media
Pamela Yates (left), of Lake Forest, and Barbara Kubas march in the parade.
The American Legion’s McKinlock Post 264 marches near the front of the parade.
Cardyn Pace, 5, of Lake Bluff, who recently moved here from New Orleans with her family, waves to a group marching in the parade.

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Steve Handwerker, Staff Writer
12:32 pm PDT July 6, 2015

Ask any paradegoer at Lake Bluff’s Fourth of July parade this past Saturday why they came, and at least one of three words will be in their answer: Americana, family and tradition. For an event running continuously since 1911 and with some residents watching for 40 years or more over their children’s and grandchildren’s generations, the descriptions fit.

With perfect weather, possibly the longest-running parade in the area — in years and number of groups marching — drew people from near and far.

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