July Fourth Parade

American Independence Day is a time for parades across the country. An antique fire truck is aprt of this shot from the North Texas city of Greenville a few years ago. Stylized and texture rendering. Raw development and processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 (Photomorphis RAW Expression 20 with built-in Photo RAW texture Paper - Postcard).

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Tractor and Flags

Bring your tractor to town, put some flags on it, and you're guaranteed a space in the Independence Day parade. From the July Fourth parade a few years ago in Greenville, Texas, typical of small town parades across the United States on this day to celebrate our break with Britain's King George. Raw development and processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 (Photomorphis RAW Expression Presets: Photomorphis RAW Expression 20, including ON1 build-in texture, Paper - Postcard).

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We Lost Our Tow

The participants in this Independence Day parade seem to have been unhooked from their tractor, and one of the animals doesn't seem very happy about it. From a Greenville, Texas parade a few years ago, typical of small towns in the southern United States where you'll usually see the influence of the dominant evangelical Protestant religious and provencial beliefs like the "Pray for America" sign here. Raw development and processing in ON1 Photro RAW 2018.5 (Photomorphis RAW Expression Presets: Photomorphis RAW Expression 20 with ON1 built-in texture, Paper - Postcard).

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Three Men in a Little Truck

Participants in the July Fourth parade a few years ago in Greenville, Texas. U.S. communities large and small hold these parades and fireworks celebrations of independence at the behest of President John Adams, who wrote his wife "It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more." Raw development and processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 (Photomorphis RAW Expression Presets: Photomorphis RAW Expression 20 with ON1 built-in texture, Paper - Postcard).

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Waiting for the Parade

People line the route for the Independence Day parade in Greenville, Texas a few years ago. Raw development and processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 (Photomorphis RAW Expression Presets: Photomorphis RAW Expression 20 with ON1 built-in texture, Paper - Postcard).

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Flags on a Hill

Flags and crosses on a hill adjacent to the Audie Murphy Bridge in memory of local veterans who died in war. Part of a Fourth of July celebration in Greenville, Texas a few years ago. Raw development and processing in ON1 Photo RAW 2018.5 (Photomorphis RAW Expression Presets: Photomorphis RAW Expression 20 with ON1 built-in texture - Paper, Postcard).

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