Location: Hampton Ponds, Westfield, MA (2 hours southwest of Boston, MA)
Summary: Westfield, MA, celebrated the 250th anniversary of America’s independence with a family friendly extravaganza!
Westfield, MA, kicked off their 4th of July celebrations with their annual parade. The parade featured horses, vintage cars and lots of fun for the entire family!
Pixie is a 14 year old pony.1957 Ford Thunderbird (“Baby Bird”)
Since this is the 250th anniversary of the celebration of the country’s independence, they really pulled out all the stops. Parade participants threw candy, necklaces with stars and other gifts to the people at the parade.
For those of you who may be from around the area, the 18 minute parade winded down a mile route from Hampton Ponds on East Mountain Rd to Froggy’s Saloon on Airport Industrial Park Rd.
People rode many modes of transportation during the parade from horses to bicycles and some other fancy vehicles.
2016 Chevrolet Stingray Z51
But, my favorite vehicle from the parade was the DeLorean (aka as Marty McFly’s time traveling car) Flux Capacitor and hat from the sequel included!
Meanwhile, some participants chose to walk along the parade route.
There was also lots of music at the event!
Sarah The Fiddler
If you look closely at the photos, you can see just how everyone at the parade was so happy. It was a very rewarding experience seeing and capturing people’s smiles. We need more events like this where people can just come together and enjoy these moments.
Attached are videos from the parade! Feel free to peruse my other videos on my YouTube channel.
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July 11th, 2026 at 12:09 am
I love to see the patriotism.
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July 11th, 2026 at 6:53 am
I do too! Thank you Anneli!
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July 11th, 2026 at 8:44 am
It’s good you got to see such a wonderful parade on America’s 250th birthday, Wayne, and I’m glad you shared it.
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July 13th, 2026 at 6:34 pm
Yes it was a great time and a very special celebration
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July 11th, 2026 at 2:51 pm
Great fun. Thank you so much.
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July 11th, 2026 at 3:50 pm
It was so much fun! Usually, I tend to photograph things like sculptures and other art. So, it was good to interact with and photograph people.
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July 13th, 2026 at 5:13 pm
Such a lovely time! Glad you had fun!
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July 13th, 2026 at 6:29 pm
Thank you Lauren!
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July 25th, 2026 at 2:50 pm
Reminds me of my childhood!
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July 25th, 2026 at 3:18 pm
Same, Dawn! Those were some fun times!
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