Everyone loves a parade, especially when it's the beginning of Mentor's Fourth of July celebration.
There was no telling who you could meet at the city of Mentor's annual Fourth of July parade -- Uncle Sam or Spider Man, a local politician or a future Marine. The heat did little to slow the parade as it wound through the Headlands neighborhood. There was lots of candy and people cheering from start to finish.
City will celebrate the holiday with annual parade, fireworks show
The city of Mentor will celebrate the Fourth of July with a pair of local traditions -- this afternoon's parade through the Headlands neighborhood and the fireworks show tonight. The parade will begin at noon at the intersection of Forest and Garden roads before heading east on Garden, then north on Corduroy and ending at Lake Overlook and Corduroy Road. This year's parade will have the theme "celebrating 60 years of an American tradition." Then the fireworks show will begin at 9:50 p.m. on the property of Mentor High School. (Beforehand, the Mentor Fire Department will be giving demonstrations on how to do hands-only CPR in front of Fire Station Five.) Here are a few spots in the city that make for prime firework watching: An important …
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City will celebrate the holiday with annual parade, fireworks show
The city of Mentor will celebrate the Fourth of July with a pair of local traditions -- the afternoon parade through the Headlands neighborhood and the fireworks show at night. The parade will begin at noon at the intersection of Forest and Garden roads before heading east on Garden, then north on Corduroy and ending at Lake Overlook and Corduroy Road. This year's parade will have the theme "celebrating 60 years of an American tradition." Then the fireworks show begins at dusk on the property of Mentor High School. Here are a few spots in the city that make for prime firework watching: Finally, James A. Garfield National Historic Site has its own Fourth of July tradition. Each year the Mentor home of President Garfield hosts a …
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Every school in the district came out to wish the Cardinals well before their Homecoming game against Parma
Mentor trounced Parma 49-0 during Parma during its Homecoming game Friday at Jerome T. Osborne Stadium to remain undefeated (5-0.) However, homecoming weekend is about a lot more than football. Before the game, the nominees for homecoming queen led a parade down Mentor Avenue that included students from every school in the district. The fun continues Saturday night with the Homecoming dance.
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Enjoy our photos from the festival and feel free to post your own
It's Better In Mentor is over for another year, but you can still enjoy some of the fun by checking out our coverage of it. We also wanted to leave you with one more slideshow. However, we couldn't be everywhere, so if you took an awesome shot that you want to show off, feel free to post it. To upload your photos, click on the "add your photos & videos link" and follow the instructions. (Note: you do have to register on Mentor Patch before you can upload photos. Don't worry, there's no charge to sign up and you won't be inundated with emails.) I hope you all enjoyed the festival and we'll see you – same place, same time – next year.
Boy Scouts, dancers, marching bands, and a dancing curly fries from Arby's parade down Center Street
The It's Better In Mentor parade attracted an eclectic group. Captain America, a dancing carton of Curly Fries and the Grinch joined parade mainstays, including the city's police and fire departments, the armed services, Boy Scouts and the Mentor High School marching band, flagline and majorettes.
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7:24 am on Monday, September 19, 2011
There is a photo of the Cub Scouts in the photo gallery, though I realize it's not the same thing. more ›
Hundreds line the streets to watch floats, marching units and bands
More than 50 units, including four labor unions, participated in Mentor-on-the-Lake's Annual Labor Day Parade Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of spectators lined the parade route that stretched from Rice Elementary on Lake Shore Boulevard to Andrews Road and ended at Mentor Beach Park. Mentor-on-the-Lake Mayor John M. Rogers said several businesses and organizations supported the community parade including Amvets Post 109 and Ladies Auxiliary, Spudnuts Donut Shop, Mentor-on-the-Lake Giant Eagle Supermarkets, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller, McDonald's Restaurant, City of Mentor, the Mentor School Board, Mentor-on-the-Lake Senior Pinochle Club, Munson Road State Beverage and C. Pearson Trophy & Sales.
Let's celebrate our country's independence one more time with this slideshow of the past weekend's events
The city of Mentor had a busy Fourth of July weekend, complete with a naturalization ceremony at the home of President James Garfield, a parade through its Headlands and a fireworks finale at Civic Center Park. See the best of this trifecta on this week's Viewfinder.
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Jason Lea
11:13 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Wow, that is... indefensible. Thank you. more ›