The Dragoons had a wonderful time on Friday 30 November decorating our float in the morning and
forwarding the colors in the Prattville Christmas parade that evening. The float consisted of a trailer decorated with a Christmas tree and plenty of lights and tinsel with hay bales arranged for seating. Compatriot Earl
Edmondson and Adam Hilyer pulled the trailer in one of their semi trucks the doors of which were emblazoned with their company logo which includes crossed Battle Flags. Earl is very proud of his Confederate heritage and promotes it at
every opportunity. They carefully and professionally drove the truck down the parade route and even “tooted” out Jingle Bells on the truck's air horn during the
parade!
Eight Dragoons assisted with the float decoration Friday morning including Commander Stuart Waldo,
1LT. Cmdr. Harold Grooms, Bill Myrick, Frank Pelt, Edward Morgan, Bill Gill,
Don Owens and Larry Spears. Always a fun time to begin the Christmas season with this event.
The camp's entry had nearly 20 walkers and riders in the parade Friday evening including all who decorated
plus Frank’s grandson Mr. Presley, Bill Myrick’s brother Jim, Stuart’s family
consisting of his daughter, son and wife Kerri, John Dennis, Earl Edmondson, Adam Hilyer along with his two sons Kyle and Colin who volunteered to carry the camp Christmas parade banner at the front. There was enjoyable interaction with the crowd, as always the Dragoons' entry was very well received. Everyone threw out every last bit of candy to the thousands of spectators lining the parade route. Reports indicated there was a record number of parade entries which took a while for all the queued participants to actually start down the parade route and then meander
down Court and Main Street in downtown but always worth it to see the reception received. Decoration and parade photos below.
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