Posted July 16, 200618 yr Thanks to a healthy benevolence at the Hamilton Community Foundation, Hamilton puts on an impressive day-long event each Fourth of July. The Courthouse Square is open 10 to 10 with food booths from many local restaurants, numerous bands, and activities. Fireworks over the river end the evening. The highlight however is the parade. Each year Hamilton goes back and fourth with Mansfield (I think) for the largest in the state. As I understand it, the larger cities have multiple parades, bringing down their total entries. Anyway, this year's featured 8 high school bands and numerous floats in honor of the BC Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers Monument. The paper stated that an estimated 15,000 people attended the almost mile long parade. I was only there for half the parade, and this is only half the pics I took, but you get the idea. Apparently she doesn't want her picture taken Alright, lets go Dave Belew, aka "Mr. Hamilton" Mayor Ryan Hamilton High Badin High :? Cincinnati Christian...or Raymond Walters...who cares? Why must we have fire trucks in every parade? ' Just what Butler County needs...this is a robot used to remove bombs and "fight terrorism" New Miami High :| Butler County Commissioner Mike A Fox (Highway) Madison High Why? Why? This must be Raymond Walters...or maybe Felicity Franklin... Glad the real thing isn't made of aluminum foil Felicity Franklin Just tell me.. Fairfield High Read The infamous Butler County Sherriff's Office God Bless America
July 16, 200618 yr Coolness - thanks for posting these! I'd guess the firetrucks are there because they're shiny, mostly...they're kinda filler, I guess, but they're still cool to see. Great buildings in the backgrounds of some of those shots too...what's that kick-ass building with the flag on it in this shot?
July 16, 200618 yr ^That is the Rentschler Building, which was known as "Hamilton's Skyscraper" when it was completed in 1906. Key Bank owns it today and operates on the first floor. The city's most prestigious lawfirm--Milikin & Fitton, the Butler County Bar Assosiation, and several other offices occupy the other 7 floors. Upon completion
July 16, 200618 yr That is the whitest crowd I have ever seen. Hamilton! looks great though. Nice town that has come a long way in the last decade. Fewer Comaros now it seems thanks to the fact that the Cincy suburbs have pretty much engulfed the place. Mike Fox might be the weirdest shaped human being alive. They should put him in a freak show.
July 17, 200618 yr ^That is a good question, subdivisions are creeping up all around them. I know the Niedermans personally however, and they certainly don't give any indication that they will stop any time soon. They have branched out into "agritainment" (or whatever the term is) with Paintball, Corn Mazes, Hayrides, and Bomb Fires. The parents of the current farming generation now operates a bed & breakfast on the site and an annual, free Christmas walk with lights, etc. Of course you may just be commenting on the diminishing farms in Liberty Township...
July 17, 200618 yr Why must we have fire trucks in every parade? Because it simply wouldn't be a parade without fire trucks! It's a time-honored tradition. I've attended one small-town festival in northeast Indiana where the parade consists entirely of the American Legion color guard, the high school marching band, and at least twenty fire trucks of various sizes, types and colors from every township in two counties. It's definitely a plug-your-ears event.
July 17, 200618 yr Wonder how much longer the Niederman family will be farming in Liberty Township Who cares......it say that they have been farming in Liberty Township since 1948! Wow they have been hard at work for almost 60 years....its not like it has been passed on from generation to generation that has been diligently tilling the land. What is the siginificance........they'll be gone soon!
July 17, 200618 yr Wonder how much longer the Niederman family will be farming in Liberty Township Who cares......it say that they have been farming in Liberty Township since 1948! Wow they have been hard at work for almost 60 years....its not like it has been passed on from generation to generation that has been diligently tilling the land. What is the significance........they'll be gone soon! I think there is a great deal of significance when family farms are being forced out only to be replaced with unsustainable sprawl. Whether it is fatter Americans, paying for more roads, increased pollution from longer commutes, socially isolated children, racism, lack of mass transit, abandonment of the urban core, classism, adverse ecological effects, and so on, takes a significant toll--both financially and socially--on society. So while it may not be significant if the Niederman Family is still farming that land in 60 years, given Liberty Township's growth, what will eventually likely happen to their property and farmers like them will continue to cause significant consequences.
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