Adair celebrates
ADAIR VILLAGE — Last Fourth of July, Marie Andrews became frustrated by the short parade and small celebration that happened in her hometown of Adair Village.
“It is a small parade every year, and it’s just gotten smaller and smaller,” Andrews, 31, said. “And so instead of complaining about it, I decided to do something about it.”
So she and a group of other community members got together and planned something bigger, which came to fruition Saturday: a longer parade including World War II jeeps, classic cars and floats. The committee also expanded the festival that followed the parade: adding a dunk tank where kids soaked their local firefighters, a chili cook-off, a WWII replica booth, a model train setup and Brad’s Reptile World, where families got to see and touch tortoises and an alligator.
Andrews grew up in Harrisburg, which has a Fourth of July tradition that includes a firefighter pancake breakfast and a celebration that she remembers fondly.
“We have two small children, and we wanted to have a nice town tradition for them to grow up with, too,” she said. Her husband, Dusty Andrews, is a firefighter with Adair Rural Fire and Rescue. She said she hopes to grow the festival next year, eventually adding a pancake breakfast and getting more people involved in the planning to include things she hasn’t thought of.
Saturday’s festivities, though, were a good start.
“I’m just so happy,” she said. “We’ve been working on this for a year, so to see it come to life is so exciting. I couldn’t have asked for more.”
And community members noticed the growth of the celebration.
“The parade was about three times as long,” Deanna Hubele, 39, said. “This is really nice, and the kids think it’s pretty fun.”
The WWII display showed Adair Village citizens the history of their town, which was a military base named Camp Adair in the 1940s.
“The Army used to train here because the terrain is so similar to Germany,” Dan Lower, 55, said.
Lower was dressed in WWII military garb and drove a one of the ’40s military jeeps in the parade. He is a member of a WWII living history club that travels all over Oregon called Fox Company.
“It’s great to get to honor the vets — past, present and future,” Lower said. He also said that he was proud to preserve the local history of the town by showing it to the kids in the community.
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The WWII display showed Adair Village citizens the history of their town, which was a military base named Camp Adair in the 1940s. “The Army used to train here because the terrain is so similar to Germany,” Dan Lower, 55, said.
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