1947 - Clarksburg, West Virginia - 5 Parades

[@marilynnorrell5065]

I lived in Clarksburg for 5 years when I was a little girl and those are the best memories of my life !

[@davidhibbs6989]

A different era and time. Everything done completely different now a days. I wonder how many are still alive.. like sands in the hour glass so are the days of our lives 😅

[@Not_You_2]

This is truly when America WAS great, even with its flaws. People had respect for their country, it's leaders and each other.

[@jakestolze9437]

The two ladies at the beginning… the one on the left is my maternal grandmother (Jacqueline Owens Nee Jackson)

[@mattzeigler110]

It'd be so wonderful if relatives could identify people in these films & tell us a little about what became of them. One person did identify his Grandmother. I've watched this over & over. There's so many interesting characters. Like the two young girls, one wears glasses & has a little bow in her hair, she's holding the other little girls hand in a peculiar way, I was thinking maybe she was blind? So long ago, we'll probably never know. This really captures the time perfectly, thank you for posting this.

[@eddj375]

Très beau document Thank you 😎

[@saltydog4759]

Beautiful Scots-irish and German women.

[@nobillclinton]

history.

[@timofeegraaay8165]

In Clarksburg it would be Italian women as much as anything. Still the Italian American capital of West Virginia

[@lisabrady8229]

Washington Irving Hilltoppers!!!!!!