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PTC’s 4th of July parade to have 50th anniversary flavorTue, 06/30/2009 - 4:05pm
By: The Citizen
Peachtree City’s venerable July 4th parade will continue its tradition Saturday at 9 a.m., but with a special nod to the city’s 50th anniversary. As such, the city’s former mayors have been invited to serve as co-grand marshals of the parade. Scheduled to lead the parade are former mayors Joel Cowan, Ralph Jones, Chip Conner, Howard Morgan’s widow Dolly, Herb Frady, Fred Brown Jr., Bob Lenox and Steve Brown. The parade begins at the Village on the Green subdivision on South Peachtree Parkway just north of Braelinn Golf Club. From there the route goes north on the parkway until it reaches McIntosh Trail. The parade will then turn left and end at the city’s recreation complex on McIntosh Trail. As usual an assortment of individuals and businesses have entries in the parade, and of course there will be politicians aplenty, seeing as how this is an election year for three City Council seats. One political question that might be answered in the parade is whether or not current City Council member Cyndi Plunkett will run for mayor. Earlier this year Plunkett confirmed that she was considering running for mayor, but Tuesday she declined to say whether or not she would indeed seek the post. Announced mayoral candidates Don Haddix and Scott Rowland are slated to appear in the parade along with City Council candidates Vanessa Fleisch, Eric Imker and Shelby Barker. Current Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon will be appearing in the parade twice. He will be at the front of the parade with the grand marshals and will double back to his parade entry as a candidate for state insurance and fire safety commissioner. Other politicians scheduled to appear include Fayette Superior Court Judge Christopher C. Edwards, Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard, state Rep. Matt Ramsey, governor candidate and current Secretary of State Karen Handel and U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland. The Spirit of McIntosh Marching Band will provide music during the parade and the police department’s award-winning honor guard is also near the front of the parade along with the local American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts. Click here to see other July 4 events for the region. login to post comments |