Garden Club Memorial Day parade

I love living in a small, rural town, and one of the things I most treasure about North Stonington is our annual Memorial Day parade. It's basically soldiers, including a wonderful group of Civil War re-enactors, classic cars, fire engines, old tractors, draft horses, farms, Four-H, Boy and Girl Scouts, the Little League teams (from unruly T-ballers to the budding stars in the major league division), and all sorts of local civic organizations strutting their stuff. This year was a big one for the Garden Club, which celebrated its 75th anniversary—"still digging it" and pledging to continue getting their hands dirty. We did our civic duty in 2014 and watched. That's the way it works in our town. You're either on parade or you're the audience applauding your neighbors. Next time, the roles may well be reversed. I can certainly dig that.