Historical Society Float Takes 1st Place in Burlington Fourth of July Parade

PHOTO: Members of the Burlington Historical Society pose in front of their award-winning Fourth of July float. The boys holding the banner are member Irene Gaffney’s grandsons, Liam and Connor. | Credit: Provided by Mary Noherty

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The Burlington Historical Society’s float, which honored the town’s farming heritage, won first place in this year’s Fourth of July parade.

The float was built by Rick Nohelty and Diane Linnehan, and the group’s members decorated it, according to an email from Mary Nohelty, the society’s president. Griggs Farm donated the farm baskets on the back of the trailer, and the pig and duck were donated by society and garden club member Julie Eggleston.

The horses — replicas of the animals that pulled a school barge for kids in the 1800s—were borrowed from the historical museum.

The parade, which runs from Cambridge Street to Memorial School on Winn Street, was sponsored by the American Legion.