Middletown Forum : Middletown 4th of July Parade http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Community Events : Middletown 4th of July Parade Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:51:58 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:08:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5749 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Middletown 4th of July Parade : Beautiful thinking, Rhodes and... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=43002&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#43002 Author: spiderjohn
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Posted: Jun 10 2014 at 12:08pm

Beautiful thinking, Rhodes and co.
We have enough parades in the former downtown area.
Nothing is ever open down there anyway--at least for the masses.
Go op Central to Sunset, then feed into a festival.
Or Smith park--have a parade end at Douglas park.
Have an enjoyable reason to participate and follow it through.
Have the parades be a beginning to a fun-filled day--we see it everywhere else.

Can we finally become ONE town again instead of competing pockets?
Counter-productive IMO.]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:08:32 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=43002&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#43002 Middletown 4th of July Parade : da120757, I have a suggestion... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=43001&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#43001 Author: Rhodes
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 10 2014 at 11:22am

da120757, I have a suggestion that isn't mine, but I've heard it mentioned by others.  I do appreciate anyone that takes the time to volunteer to put these parades together, so please do not take this as being overly critical.

The downtown area already has the Memorial Day Parade and a Christmas parade.  I believe the high school does a Homecoming parade as well.  The people on the east side of town never have any parades or festivities.  The suggestion is to start the parade at the Middletown Area Senior Center or at the old Wilson Elementary where there are ample parking areas to prep.  Have the parade run down Central Ave. to either the old Roosevelt vacated lot area or hang a right on Kenwood and end the parade at Sunset Park.  Your group can team up with some of the local churches to plan activities at Sunset Park for the kids.

The way it is now, as others have said, the parade just reverses what was done on Memorial Day, just a month earlier.  There's no real purpose in the 4th of July Parade as it is now.  Its original intent when it went from Kittyhawk Plaza to MHS was a promotion of the All American Weekend, so it had a purpose.  Now it's just a big dud after it ends at Smith Park with nothing more to do.

I'm sure at this late date it would be difficult to put a festival at Sunset together, but with social media and the newspaper, there's still enough time to move it to Central Ave.  Just something a little different and on the other side of town would be a boost to the city, even if just in a small way.
]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:22:41 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=43001&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#43001 Middletown 4th of July Parade : There will not be a meeting for... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42998&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42998 Author: da120757
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 10 2014 at 7:02am

There will not be a meeting for the 4th of July Parade Committee this Thursday. We will resume meetings on Thursday June 19, 2014 at 6:00 PM at 4004 Lewis Street in Middletown Ohio. Call Joe Snider at 513-423-6017 for more information.

]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:02:12 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42998&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42998 Middletown 4th of July Parade : Factguy: you lost me on your last... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42974&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42974 Author: chmoore1
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 2:59pm

Factguy: you lost me on your last post. just 1chmoore.]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:59:43 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42974&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42974 Middletown 4th of July Parade : I wonder if Factguy has thought... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42973&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42973 Author: over the hill
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 2:22pm

I wonder if Factguy has thought about dialing back on the caffeine.]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:22:57 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42973&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42973 Middletown 4th of July Parade : It's beauty on display. http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42971&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42971 Author: Rhodes
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 12:25pm

It's beauty on display.]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:25:46 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42971&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42971 Middletown 4th of July Parade : So you chmoore1 work for musa,... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42970&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42970 Author: Factguy
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 12:23pm

So you chmoore1 work for musa, just help out on levy. Just1 optimistic citizen. I have one screen name Rhodes, historian, savior of the schools that was defeated. ]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:23:33 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42970&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42970 Middletown 4th of July Parade : Rhodes: I trust that you aren't... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42969&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42969 Author: chmoore1
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 12:20pm

Rhodes: I trust that you aren't bringing me back into the fray. I'm just trying to sit on the sidelines and enjoying the circus. just 1chmoore.]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:20:02 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42969&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42969 Middletown 4th of July Parade : I liked it better when you were... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42968&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42968 Author: Rhodes
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 11:58am

I liked it better when you were posting back and forth to yourself in multiple screen names.]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42968&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42968 Middletown 4th of July Parade : Presta, the picture was put up... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42966&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42966 Author: Factguy
Subject: 5749
Posted: Jun 07 2014 at 9:28am

Presta, the picture was put up to see how all you naysayers would try to find fault- it worked. There was no text. A question was asked where was the parade, when there was nothing that even had text indicating were it was. Next, someone asked date. That led to simple text, 61. You wasted 30 minutes researching year made, checking conspiracy. Point made, plant a trial balloon, and the wild theories and claims come to front. Strange you talk about facts, call Doug Adkins a liar, and he is promoted. Discredited, busted Presta. The graveyard of failed politicians.  ]]> Sat, 07 Jun 2014 09:28:09 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5749&PID=42966&title=middletown-4th-of-july-parade#42966