Ancient & Horribles Parade

The Fourth of July, the good ole USA's celebration of independence is around the corner. It is a time for parties and parades. Many towns have patriotic and nationalistic parades with floats, marching bands and smiling politicians waving from car with beauty queens. There is a parade that stands out from the crowd. This parade is The Ancient and Horribles Parade in Glocester, Rhode Island.
Ancient and Horrbles parades are an old New England tradition from the 19th century. Glocester RI's parade keeps up that Fourth of July tradition. There are traditional marching bands, veteran groups, boy and girls scout troops and marching bands but along with these standards are floats and marching troupes of a more satrical and farcical nature. Social mores, political figures and current events are skewered (sometimes physically) with monsters and gruesome characters. Part July 4th part Halloween the Ancient and Horribles Parade winds its way through the village of Chepachet a classic New England village filled with stately colonial homes and quaint picture postcard shops. Founded in 1927 the Glocester event is often over shadowed by America's oldest 4th of July parade in Bristol, Rhode Island but it has a fan base of its own.