Photos courtesy of Eleanor Linkkila, Marie Brennan, Peter Polomski, Colin Rice, Donna Evan, Kathleen Narowski, Lynn Moebus, George Bailey, John Woike (Hartford Courant), and Pete Haddad

Lt. Governor Wyman, (L), Senator Blumenthal, and State Senate President Williams wondering whats the deal with the Grand Marshal???

The patriotic butterfly

Those are Boom Box shoes

WILI’s gigantic Boom Box

The banner made for the original 1986 parade by the late “Parade Mama” Kathy Clark made its annual appearance in 2013

That’s a Boom Box behind those flags

Farmer John Postemski with Smokey Bear

2013 Romantic Willimantic “Cupid” Karen Gilbransen

Another big crowd for the 2013 Boom Box Parade

St. Mary’s-St. Joseph’s School

The Willimantic Food Coop always has fun at the parade

Darius Alberti from the Channel 3 Kids Camp in Andover carried a HUGE Boom Box

Villari’s Martial Arts

Yes, that’s a Boom Box on the bale of hay

Windham High School

This year’s parade featured many international marchers, including the pro-immigration group “Embracing The Same Dream/Alcanzando el Mismo Sueno”

Patriotic Ron Manizza

The Traveling Fish Head Club of Northeast Connecticut

Light On The Hill

Willimantic Brewing Company/Main Street Cafe

Windham Mayor Ernie Eldridge

Romantic Willimantic’s second “Cupid” — Claire Meikle