2. What were some other holidays
that you celebrated?
St.
Patrick’s Day. That was a great holiday to celebrate because there were lots of
Irish. We celebrated May Day. We used to make the little baskets and leave them
on neighbor’s porches. For the Fourth of July, there was a big picnic in Lester
Park. It had a merry-go-round and kind of like a carnival in the center. There
were lots of fireworks. Once, sky rockets lit the neighbor’s house on fire.
Another time, I turned after lighting a firecracker and poked Cathy [a neighbor
girl] in the eye with a hot punk. The doctor had to come out – they came out in
those days –with his black bag and I got an awful lecture. Of course, the whole
thing had been an accident. The parade in the morning started things off. I
remember seeing Civil War veterans in the parade. Now, obviously, they weren't walking, but they rode in the wagon and waved. The World War I veterans had to
march, of course. There weren't many floats, just lots of soldiers and
artillery and the like.
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