The town of Amherst's 250th birthday parade!

Today was Amherst's 250th birthday! It's actually a pretty young town compared to some around it-- Hadley, which is literally RIGHT next to Amherst (the town line is about a block away from our apartment) is 350 years old. To celebrate, their were festivities such as a parade around town. It was great to see, other than the rain! :)

Walking to the parade route (downtown Amherst) -- we had to park about 1/2 mile away.

The first thing showing in the parade -- horses pulling some city officials (as you can see, we were more excited about the horses than the city officials) :)

Very cute little horse!!! We couldn't decide if this was a miniature horse or a mule-- any ideas?

Theo :)

Hadley being represented in Amherst's parade-- you can see the "350th" sign.

We loved this -- a turkey with a cute umbrella over it! :) Only in Amherst...

Rodney's school's marching band -- the UMass Minutemen marching band.

Right in front of our field of vision. :)

This guy was hilarious-- he came around halfway through to pick up horse poo -- he rode the tractor like it was a float! :) Very proud of his important role in the parade. He got huge cheers!

Amherst's birthday cake!

And...the minute man. :)