Michael Jamison, a journalist with the Missoulian, showed up at the 4th of July parade this year and filed a nice story on the festivities.

From the Sunday, July 6, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . .

About 30 years back, John Frederick and a couple of neighbors stood on the side of a dusty dirt road and watched as a horse trotted by.

Then a 1942 military Jeep motored past.

They cheered.

Someone waved a flag.

Read the entire article . . .