would not be a parade.
The Acton Fourth of July parade with over 60 entries took its traditional route southward down Crown Valley Road in the morning heat. The heat did not deter hundreds of onlookers lining both sides of the street. They came in campers and recreational 
vehicles, cars and trucks and golf carts and horseback. They came with picnic baskets and barbeques and a large assortment of canine companions, well behaved and content to lie by their master's feet in the shade.
Sponsored and produced by the Acton Chamber of Commerce, the parade was led by Grand Marshall - Ellen Murphy, a dedicated five-year Chamber Board member and volunteer without whose diligent effort, there probably would not be a parade.
Entrants carried out the theme, "Made in America."
Conspicuous by their absence, however, were the post-Parade activities at the Community Clubhouse this year, due to the fact that so few vendors were willing 
to participate. Perhaps next year, the tradition will continue.