Friendswood 4th of July Parade 2022
Set up in front of Jado's Grill House and get ready for Fwood's 128th straight 4th of July parade
The starting police car and colors brought forth by the Knights of Columbus
KoC always carry the colors in their formal attire despite the heat
The older Knights follow behind in the parade vehicle
City Officials are next, no Grand Marshal this year due to politics
First up is Mayor Freeman driving with wife beside him
Next is Mayor Pro-Tem Griffon
City Council member Trish Hanks in the old Pontiac
Looks like a 1971 Pontiac Lemans with a double take
City Council member Erenwert in the black corvette
City Council member Branson in the red antique Jeep
City Council member Rockey in the black corvette
He takes a photo of me with my dryfit 4th of July shirt
District 11 TX Senator Taylor who is retiring after this year
District 24 TX State Rep Bonnen in the red mustang
District 129 TX State Rep Paul in the Chevy pickup
District 14 US Rep Weber in trailer with patriotic music playing
Gal Co Constable Precinct 2 Fullen would love to be re-elected in 2024
West would like to replace retiring Fisher as Gal Co Constable Precinct 4
Judge Robinson of the 405th Judicial District Court
Black 1938 Chevy Pickup looks much younger than its 84 years!
First float pulled by a modern day John Deere tractor
This year's theme, Freedom from One and All, by Keep Fwood Beautiful
This year's vehicle raffle is a black Chevy Equinox SUV
The long line of corvettes start with a first generation 1960 model
Double take for the license plate year and bumper exhaust
A 3rd generation follows with the newer models right behind
Twenty different 6th, 7th and 8th generation models pass by
Last corvette, for now, escorts the kids and families with decorated bikes
A tradition every kid in Fwood has done a couples in their life
Dad dyed his mohawk green with the good stuff, no sweat streaks yet!
The roller bladers complete the community driveby on their way toward Stevenson Park
A kids gynastics organization follow the roller bladers
Fwood HS is next with the Cheerleaders at the lead
The football players are next on two vehicles with several actually walking!!
Double take show the crowds are flabbergasted at the sight
Fwood Color Squad is next with their flags and pom poms
Fwood Color Squad continues by
Four drum majors lead the Fwood Marching Band
Percussion section is loudest when marching by
Wranglerettes complete the FHS portion of the parade
Fwood Youth Lacrosse team start the local youth sports groups
Fwood Colts Youth football team go by on two trailers
Second trailer has some of the cheer group riding along
Some decorated golf carts are next followed by a humvee
With the Sons & Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors
Fwood's favorite calliope is next pulled by an appropriate cart
Saturn Sky with Sea Monster scene painted on the side
Fwood Rotary represented by a MG (foreign interests?)
Lunar Rendezvous Festival Royals, started in 1965
Lunar Rendezvous is a Clear Lake group that gives college scholarships
Fwood Democrats supporting their gender neutral candidate
With Biden's war on oil, there will be few fire trucks in the parade today
Each vehicle takes a $100 cruise down Main Street
1958 Corvette showed up late and rides solo later in the pack
Sweet aqua 1957 Chevy Bel Air
Need a double take on those two pristine cars from the late 1950s
1952 Chevy stepside pickup truck
Bluebonnet Military Motor Pool vehicles make the scene
WWII Vet Lt.Col. Fred Machol (94) passed after the 2010 parade
A light truck and two heavy trucks complete the motor pool driveby
Now for the Bluebonnet Antique Tractor Club pulled by a Ford Select Speed
Green and Yellow John Deere tractors grace every parade
A newer John Deere with added rumble seat
McCormick Farmall's also grace every 4th of July parade
Three decorated antique jeeps roll on by
1970 Ford Bronco is always great to see
So awesome it inspired a Bronco comeback lately
Antique Friendship Veterans ladder truck
Pitch Me This - Sing, Act, Dance & Perform Studio advertises
Pitbull rescue group - threelittlepittiesrescue.org
And they have an 18 wheeler to help rescue all the pitbulls
Grown up Children of the American Revolution march by
Bernardo de Galvez Society in Fwood, TX at NSCAR.org
Bay Area Cardinals football and cheer squad
Buffalo Catering, based in Fwood, TX, drums up business
Possibly related Buffalo Cookie Company shows off their mini cookie mobile
1959 Ford Flatbed Pickup truck
1965 International Harvester 1100 pickup truck
Double take shows the IH truck is a long bed, the Ford flatbed has a haybale seating arrangement plus the cookie on the back of the Mini
Patriotic Hummer pulls the Champion United Cheer team
1995 Indy Pace Car Corvette leads a new line of corvettes
1999 F-150 with sweet inflatable patriotic eagle pulls a trailer
Trail Life USA is a Church-Based, Christ-Centered former Boy Scout troop
American Heritage Girls is a similar a Christ-Centered Girls group
Big Chevy truck pulls the jumbo HEB shopping basket
Leary of a HEB grocery bag full of raw meat & dairy products in this heat
7U-14U Texas Force Baseball Club won the championship w/a perfect game
The perfect game champions won big in Beaumont
Younger Texas Force players fill a third float
Hunting vehicle with awesome backseat driver capability
Four 1980s Ford Bronco roll by together as a group
Another former Boy Scout Troop converted to Trail Life USA rolls by
1978 Jeep Wagoneer sans the wood paneling
Polaris Slingshot trike costs 50% more than a Mazda 6
LPH Enterprises advertises while pulling a trailer of patriots
Sweet paintjob on a 1969 Chevy pickup
Double back on a the good looking pickup
mavcarts.com advertise their golf cart products
Fwood's Cole Gordon (17) passed in 2019, worked w/Lighthouse Charity team
Pristine 1990 Cadillac Coupe Deville shows off its newness
Jesus works in mysterious ways, God Bless You
The horses arrival indicate the parade is almost over
Appropriately brown 1972 Pontiac Lemans swerves around the horse poo
Fwood Park & Rec golf carts conclude the 128th Fwood 4th of July parade
Two police cars are the caboose of the parade train
Parade watchers in front of Sonic begin to pack up their canopies and head to Stevenson Park for the fun and food
Looking north over the horse poo, beyond Jado's & the former Conoco site
Time to clear the street as the traffic is heading this way
Pass on the park festivities and instead mow dad's lawn
Add 2.5 more hours to my time in the sun and the 100+° heat
Enjoyed the heat so much that I go home and mow my own yard
Last weeks 5 day storm doubled the rainfall amount for the year
Cleanup, grill some hotdogs & playback the Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest
Joey Chestnutt is the favorite to win his 15th Yellow Belt today
Jaws wins with 63 dogs, 15 more than 2nd place but fewest amount since 2015
It "Tastes Like Freedom" America!
Best of show parade winners are announced later in the afternoon
Celebrate 2022's parade float champions!