{"id":7203,"date":"2026-07-02T23:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=7203"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:36:44","slug":"50-years-ago-the-bicentennial-lovettsville-independence-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/50-years-ago-the-bicentennial-lovettsville-independence-day-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years ago: The Bicentennial Lovettsville Independence Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 4, 1976: 50 years ago Lovettsville Celebrated the Bicentennial with floats and celebration. Here are some photos from the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mack Jacobs with his 100-year old Steam Engine<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Potomac Valley Home Maker’s Float: “Going Home For Christmas”<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Masonic Lodge Entry: Gene Ridgeway in his 1919 Ford<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parade spectators at McClain\u2019s Grocery Store, corner of Broad Way and South Loudoun Street<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Museum Restoration Committee<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mayor and Mrs. Harrington, and Former Mayor Richard and Mrs. Hickman.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1st Prize Winning Float \u201cTown of Lovettsville 1730-1976\u201d<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1st Prize Winning Float \u201cTown of Lovettsville 1730-1976\u201d<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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1st Prize Winning Float \u201cTown of Lovettsville 1730-1976\u201d<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bicentennial Committee Members Joan Curren (Mrs. Wayne), Fliza Myers (Mrs. Robert), Dot Rickard (Mrs. Jasper), Who were riding in a Surrey (below) during Parade.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pastor Mike and Julia Kretsinger 4 Jul 1976 Their Bicentennial Outfits were made by Mrs. Charles Yost-Julia’s Mother.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chairman of the Lovettsville Bicentennial Committee Jean Mohler and Husband Evan, July 4, 1976<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Parade Judges: Mayor Orndorph of Brunswick, Mayor Echols of Hillsboro, and Jack Kukut of Reston<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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July 4, 1976: 50 years ago Lovettsville Celebrated the Bicentennial with floats and celebration. Here are some photos from the parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,1],"tags":[320,294,263,25],"class_list":["post-7203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovettsville-history","category-uncategorized","tag-50-years-ago","tag-bicentennial","tag-independence-day","tag-lovettsville-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7224,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203\/revisions\/7224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}