Claremont Celebrates 250 Years of the United States
Well, another Independence Day has come and, partly, gone by. This years birthday was an extra special one - 250 years don't come along that often, and baring the efforts of one mega-narcissist whose name isn't even worth mentioning, the ideals upon which the nation was founded and which we've often fought, argued, struggled to uphold and share in their equal and fair application for all, are still worth celebrating. Claremont's hometown festival went off with a little, surprising, patter of rain, none of which detracted from the T. Willard Speakers, the Kiwanis Club's pancake breakfast, the dunk tank and other games, some Blues and Fries, long-legged Uncle Sam (who showed that he can still throw a pretty impressive kick) and, new this year, an equally long-legged Lady Liberty, the mingling with neighbors and community groups, or the early afternoon's big parade down Indian Hill. There are always a lot of bikes in involved in the day and, with Claremont Streets...