Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer prepares to toss goodies to the crowd from the back of a trailered boat during Tuesday’s Independence Day parade in Port Angeles. McAleer, along with fellow commissioners Steve Burke and Connie Beauvais, facing the other side, were the parade’s grand marshals in honor of the 100th anniversary of the port. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer prepares to toss goodies to the crowd from the back of a trailered boat during Tuesday’s Independence Day parade in Port Angeles. McAleer, along with fellow commissioners Steve Burke and Connie Beauvais, facing the other side, were the parade’s grand marshals in honor of the 100th anniversary of the port. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Independence Day parade

Port of Port Angeles Commissioner Colleen McAleer prepares to toss goodies to the crowd from the back of a trailered boat during Tuesday’s Independence Day parade in Port Angeles.

McAleer, along with fellow commissioners Steve Burke and Connie Beauvais, facing the other side, were the parade’s grand marshals in honor of the 100th anniversary of the port.

Sailors from the U.S. Navy destroyer-class ship USS Momsen march in the Independence Day parade in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Sailors from the U.S. Navy destroyer-class ship USS Momsen march in the Independence Day parade in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Smoky Bear, portrayed by state Department of Natural Resources employee Matt McBroom, is greeted by young parade-goers as fellow DNR employee Claire Lafrombois looks on during Tuesday’s parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Smoky Bear, portrayed by state Department of Natural Resources employee Matt McBroom, is greeted by young parade-goers as fellow DNR employee Claire Lafrombois looks on during Tuesday’s parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County Fair royalty, from left, Princess Olivia Ostlund, Junior Princess Kendall Adolphe and Queen Allison Pettit ride their festival float in the Port Angeles Independence Day parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County Fair royalty, from left, Princess Olivia Ostlund, Junior Princess Kendall Adolphe and Queen Allison Pettit ride their festival float in the Port Angeles Independence Day parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Soap bubbles waft from a float filled with children on the parade entry of The Answer For Youth organization for homeless teens and young adults on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Soap bubbles waft from a float filled with children on the parade entry of The Answer For Youth organization for homeless teens and young adults on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles parade-goers, from left, Cate Chance, 13, Addy Fox, 13, Miriam Cobb, 13, and Angela Valles, 11, watch the festivities from a curb at First and Laurel streets on Independence Day in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles parade-goers, from left, Cate Chance, 13, Addy Fox, 13, Miriam Cobb, 13, and Angela Valles, 11, watch the festivities from a curb at First and Laurel streets on Independence Day in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lewis Bennett rides a decorated bicycle to lead the Fourth of July parade entry by the Peninsula Pride Patriots on Tuesday in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lewis Bennett rides a decorated bicycle to lead the Fourth of July parade entry by the Peninsula Pride Patriots on Tuesday in downtown Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lindsay Stamp of Port Angeles, center, performs with the Borderline Dance Team in Tuesday’s Fourth of July parade in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lindsay Stamp of Port Angeles, center, performs with the Borderline Dance Team in Tuesday’s Fourth of July parade in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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