Photos: Forest Lake toasts to 100 years of Independence Day celebrations
A family passes out candy and pinwheels as it drives its dressed up John Deere tractor in the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
The VFW Color Guard march down Broadway Avenue at the head of the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Mentzer Mattson, 6, from Lindstrom, sports patriotic colored hair as he readies his bag for candy at the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
A trombonist with the Forest Lake Marching Band performs during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Members of the Forest Lake High School Marching Band Flag Team perform during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Wearing flags and patriotic sunglasses Brayden Bresnahan plays the saxophone as a part of the Chisago Lakes High School Marching Band during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Lillian Martinson, 1, sits atop her dad Joe’s shoulders as she watches her very first Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Forest Lake residents Amy Helmueller, left, her daughter, Annabelle Bruss, 16, center, and neighbor Leslie Dalbec wear matching sequined USA jackets to the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
A Farmall tractor is dressed up to pull a wagon during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Chisago Lakes Ambassadors ride their float during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
A flutist with the Forest Lake High School Marching Band wears her patriotism proudly as the band performs during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
A women shoots bubbles at the crowd as she marches in the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Dressed in the finest patriotic accessories cousins Hailey Moredock, 12, left, and Aiyana Mordock, 14, enjoy a laugh during the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Aircraft with the South St. Paul based Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing start the open the festivities with flyover at the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
People line Broadway Avenue to watch the Forest Lake Independence Day Parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024. The popular parade celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
Despite scattered showers in the forecast, residents of Forest Lake showed up Thursday in their best red, white and blue to celebrate the Fourth of July and mark the city’s 100th Independence Day celebration.
Hosted by the American Legion Post 225, the “Cheers to 100 years” event kicked off earlier this week with a carnival that runs through Sunday.
The annual fireworks display scheduled for Thursday night has been canceled. A new date is expected to be announced later this summer.
Related: Where to find Fourth of July fireworks and events in the St. Paul area
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