Parade

When you imagine what the 4th of July is like in small-town America, the picture that pops into your head may very be well one of what's really happening in the Big Hole Valley this 4th of July. From an early-morning flag raising ceremony to fireworks to close out the day, make your way to Wisdom if you want a celebration away from the city this Independence Day.

It's not the 4th of July (or, really, the 3rd of July) without the Cody Stampede Parade, and this year a very special guest served as the Grand Marshall: Cole Hauser, star of the show everybody and their parents love, 'Yellowstone.'

The biggest parade in the spring in the Bitterroot Valley.

Is cancelation fatigue setting in? Perhaps. It seems like I've written, "in a year full of cancellations" about a hundred times this year. Here comes another one.

Burn the Point is a go for 2020, with the parade on Friday, Sept. 4th and the car show at MetraPark on Saturday, Sept. 5th.

The parade started on Main Street in Bozeman, continuing to Belgrade, Manhattan, and finishing in Three Forks.

The public safety parade is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, and end around the time a flyover from the Montana Air National Guard is planned over downtown.