Largest Parade of Emergency Vehicles-
Lookout Fire Co. Parade sets world record
PEN ARGYL, Pa., USA -- The 75th annual Lookout
Fire Co. No. 1 Labor Day parade culminated with a
massive turnout of firetrucks: 196 , setting the world record for the Largest
Parade of Emergency Vehicles.
Photo: Even some pink firetrucks showed
up as part of a national campaign to recognize and fight breast
cancer. Photo courtesy Bill Adams / Express Times (enlarge
photo)
Pen Argyl residents and parade enthusiasts from
near and far lined the borough’s streets to watch the marching
bands, pipe and drum corps, floats, marching firefighters,
police vehicles and rescue squad trucks pass by.
Fire Chief Dean Parsons’ efforts
to establish a new World Record category culminated with a
massive turnout of firetrucks in a seemingly endless display
of pumpers, ladder trucks and assorted other fire vehicles.
Photo: Members with The Pink Heals
Tour Truck Before the Start of the Parade. Photo courtesy
Jackie (enlarge
photo)
A Slate Belt tradition that includes both
Bangor Area and Pen Argyl Area School District marching bands
and a slew of candy-throwing politicians, it's the one time
sleepy Pen Argyl gets a taste of the crowds enjoyed by Bethlehem's
Musikfest or the Great Allentown Fair.
