Here are four short video clips of local parades and events from the early 1990s, plus photos of the 1990 Pennington Memorial Day parade.
The videos include the 1992 Pennington Memorial Day parade, two Titusville Fourth of July parades from 1992 and 1994, and a May Day celebration (with maypole) at Toll Gate Grammar School in 1992.
These all are provided courtesy of Holly Weise.
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1992 Toll Gate May Day Video
Janet Mills, the Toll Gate Grammar School music teacher, produced a May Day event at the school each spring complete with a maypole, and featuring children’s music and dancing.
This 1992 Toll Gate May Day video includes an scarf dance (by adults), children singing, a variety of children’s circle dances, and, of course, maypole dancing.
1990 Pennington Memorial Day Parade Photos
This set of photos is from the 1990 Memorial Day parade in Pennington, showing the variety of people and organizations participating in the event.
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1992 Pennington Memorial Day Parade Video
This 1992 Pennington Memorial Day parade clip starts with parents and children assembling at the school building, so they can join the tail of the parade when it passes by.
Highlights of the parade then include the parade leaders, horses, school band, cars, bikers, Pennington Players, scouts, kids on bikes, band, fire company and trucks, and the children’s group who joined in on bikes and wagons.
1992 Titusville Fourth of July Parade Video
This is the first of two clips of Fourth of July parades in Titusville, on River Drive along the Delaware River.
The 1992 clip begins with arriving at the parade and decorations on the houses along the street and on the river. We then see pieces of the parade – bikes, trucks, antique cars, the string band, other bands, scouts, bagpipes, the Class of 2000, and fire trucks – before a final “Goodbye Titusville.”
1994 Titusville Fourth of July Parade Video
This second clip of the Titusville Fourth of July parade is from 1994, two years later, with similar elements.
It also starts with views of houses and along the river, and then includes the reviewing stand, string band, Miss 4th of July, bagpipes, scouts, bands, ambulance, antique wagons, antique cars, fire trucks – and a final note, “The parade is over.”
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Hopewell Borough
- Hopewell Parade Videos 1946 – 1948 – Memorial Day & 1948 Firemen’s videos
Pennington Borough
- Pennington Memorial Day Parade Video – 1984
- 1990s Pennington Parade Videos – May Day, Memorial Day
Titusville
- Titusville 1956 July 4th Parade and Water Show – and video
- 1990s Titusville Parade Videos – 4th of July
More on Town Events
See also Memorial Day
Hopewell – Harvest Fair, Community Day, Legion Carnival , Fire Dept. Carnival
- Hopewell Harvest Fair – Photos
- Hopewell Harvest Fair Almanacs (1987-) and Community Day
- Harvest Fair Wooden Car Derby – 1983 – 2006
- Hopewell Community Day, 1974 – 1985
- 1978 American Legion Carnival – Gary Saretzky
- The Legion Carnival Train and Booths
- 1939 Hopewell Fire Dept Ice Carnival Mystery Photo
- 1937-38 Hopewell Fire Rainbow Dept Carnival
Pennington – Pennington Day
Titusville – Fourth of July
- Titusville 1956 July 4th Parade and Water Show – and video
