This year’s Central Gardens July 4th Parade was like a scene out of a nostalgic movie.
Belvedere Boulevard was packed with children on bicycles, dogs on leashes, and older people in lawn chairs. Many people were carrying flags, hot dogs, watermelon slices, Mempops, or cups of Byway coffee. More flags were stuck at various points on the median between Peabody Avenue and Union Avenue, where the parade took place.
The parade, a Memphis tradition since the 1970s, was traditionally held on Carr Avenue. Then the Central Gardens Association (CGA), which puts on the event, got neighbors involved to put on the parade. It’s now relocated to different streets.
