Privateers celebrate with a parade

July 5, 2022 | Be the first to comment

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The Anna Maria Island Privateers lead their annual processional through all three island cities on July 4 with gun fire! Beads, beads, beads. Scholarship winners aboard. And fun for paradegoers — young and old — all along the route. For more, visit The Islander Facebook page, and like us! Islander Photos: Bonner Joy
Charlotte Donnelly, 4, and Deklin Giasone, 4, were delighted with the U.S. flags from Holmes Beach Chief Bill Tokajer, who walked into the crowd during the parade.
Charlotte Donnelly, 4, and Deklin Giasone, 4, were delighted with the U.S. flags from Holmes Beach Chief Bill Tokajer, who walked into the crowd during the parade.

The Anna Maria Island Privateers celebrated Independence Day with their island tradition — a July 4 parade that traveled nearly the length of the island, from Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach to City Pier Park in Anna Maria.

Crowds gathered along the parade route in the three island cities to cheer as the procession passed.

The summer celebrations aren’t over for the Privateers, who will participate in a scholarship night at LECOM Park in Bradenton and present a Christmas in July party in Bradenton Beach later this month, followed by their areawide Pirate Invasion Weekend in August.

For more information about the Privateers, go online to amiprivateers.wildapricot.org.

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