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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).

Left to right, Library Director Jean Schwab, Pauline Lovetinsky, & Frances Rogers stand by the convertible they rode during the 1990 4thFest Parade in celebration of their accumulated 75 years of service to the Coralville community through library…

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

Smoky the Bear rides on the Coralville Fire Engine in Coralville's annual Fourth Fest Parade.

A 4thFest parade float featuring the members of the American Legion-Walter Johnson Post #721. The men sit on hay bales and hold small American flags.

The first meeting of the Legion #721 was on January 28, 1954. At that meeting, it was decided…

Irving Weber, Grand Marshal for the 1984 Fourth Fest parade, rides in the back of a Mercedes convertible. Irving Weber was a prominent figure in the Iowa City and Coralville community, who was most well known for his weekly articles published in Iowa…

Coralville Librarians sitting in the back of a Coralville Parks and Recreation truck that was decorated for their Fourth Fest float. The float theme was 'Discover the Treasures in Books'

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

Ruth Halterman visible at the front of the group

Discover New Trails was the Coralville Library float for Fourth Fest Parade. A Coralville Parks and Recreation truck was decorated for an outdoor adventure, including a backpack coolers, lawn chairs and a fake campfire.

pictured left: Teri Rogers…

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:…

Librarians ride in a car piled high with everything they need for their road trip themed float for Fourth Fest 2001.

Librarians sitting on the bed of a Coralville Parks Department truck that has been decorated for the Fourth Fest Parade. The decorations include a fake camp fire, tree and backpack.

pictured from left Teri Rogers, Jen (?), Linda Parker

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

Two librarians, Linda Parker (left) and Chris Burnett, dressed up to ride in the Coralville Public Library float for the 1998 Fourth of July Parade. Coralville was celebrating their quasquicentennial in 1998, so the side of the truck read "Happy…

Librarians Janelle Bockhause and Linda Parker prepare at the Fourth Fest Parade staging area.

Librarians push decorated book carts along the Fourth Fest Parade route.

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.

Keith Jones sits in a bath tub full of balloon "bubbles" for the Coralville Fourth of July Parade in 2001. The float's theme is "Bubbling Over with Coralville Pride."

"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."