Warm weather arrived in Anchorage just in time for Wednesday's Fourth of July festivities, including the parade and festival on the Delaney Park Strip.
Motorcycles and vintage military vehicles roll down Ninth Avenue. (Anne Raup / ADN)
Star the reindeer is distracted by many things during the parade. (Anne Raup / ADN)
Cadets in the Alaska Military Youth Academy march in the parade. (Anne Raup / ADN)
James Eribal, 8, and Aaron Tanner, 5, admire vintage vehicles. (Anne Raup / ADN)
Many fire department vehicles, old and new, were part of Anchorage’s Fourth of July parade. (Anne Raup / ADN)
Tiffany Jackson works on her juggling and helps bring customers to Alaskan Soda Jerk during the Fourth of July festival on the Park Strip. (Anne Raup / ADN)
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