A Hot Time in the Old Town!

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Independence Day was celebrated with a variety of activities throughout the Tri-Lakes area including a Children’s Carnival and Barn Dance July 3, a 4-mile run in Palmer Lake July 4, the "Biggest Small Town Parade in Colorado" in Monument followed by the Monument Street Fair and Concert in the Park, and concluded with "The Best Small Town Fireworks Show in America" in Palmer Lake. Below: A high school marching band from Litchfield, Minnesota in the Monument parade. Photo by Chris Pollard.

Below: Almost 2,000 runners compete at the 26th annual Palmer Lake Fun Run. Photo by Elizabeth Hacker.

Below: Elephants from the Larkspur Renaissance Festival. Photo by Mike Wicklund.

Below: El Paso county mounted unit deputies. Photo by Chris Pollard.

Below: Photos by Mike Wicklund. Here Sertoma Award Winner John Hartling (seated on the Triumph sports car) followed by Al Kaly Shrine Drum Corp from Colorado Springs.