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Librarians and library staff walking the Fourth Fest Parade route ahead of the Jeep parade float.

Ruth Halterman visible at the front of the group

Karen Hegland drives Ruth Halterman in the 2021 Fourth Fest Parade. They both retired after long careers at the Coralville Public Library. Ruth Halterman worked at the library for 30 years and Karen Hegland worked for 26 years.

Richard Hughes rings the bell on the front steps of the 1876 Coralville schoolhouse as a part of a ceremony that rededicated the building as a museum of the Johnson County Historical Society. A man holds the school door open behind Hughes, while…

Fourth of July parade marshalls Sheila Boyd and Dick Schwab.

The Optimist International float in a Coralville Fourth Fest Parade. (year unknown)

New Horizons Church's parade float, which has a Noah's Ark theme.

Mayor Jim Fausett holds the reins of a team of horses during the annual 4thFest parade through Coralville. American flags and city residents line 8th Street for the celebration (Walch, p. 119).

Coralville Public Library librarians participating in the Fourth Fest Parade.
pictured left to right: Alison Galstad, Karen Hegland, Ruth Halterman and Linda Parker

Librarians and staff pose in front of their Fourth of July parade float, Reading Road Trip USA. The float was a Jeep with vacation items strapped to the top, including pool toys, suitcases, a trike, sports equipment and books.

pictured left:…

pictured from left to right: Karen Hegland, Mike Jorgensen, Linda Parker, Janelle Bockhause, Teri, Ruth Halterman, unknown, unknown and Georgia Heald

"Dr. Jones and Friend, July 4th, 2017."

Keith Jones dressed as Doc Brown from Back to the Future poses beside a DeLoreon. The float's theme is "Back to the Future - Drive-In."

Joseph Kimbal Hemphill's family as they celebrate Independence Day in front of their home at 1011 Eight Street. This is one of the earliest photographs of Coralville taken on the Fourth of July (Walch, p. 116).

Front row, left to right: Nathaniel…