St. Jean Baptiste Franco-American celebration parade, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: All of the following photographs were male during the ST. JEAN BAPTISTE FRANCO AMERICAN celebration parade. 1, Veteran with rifle. Good photo; 2-3, White short sleeve shirted men with dark berets. #3 is good photo; 4-5, Trio of very happy nuns. #4 is a good photo; 6, View from back of policeman to rear of parade formation; 7, "V.S.L.P." beret corps; 8-10, Nuns in parade formation. #10 is a good photo; 11-12, Rear, diagonal view of civilian men carrying American, and regional, flags, with flags flying beautifully. Good photos; 13-15, Same men and flags as 11-12, this time from the front with "Franco American of The Year" car in foreground. #15 is a good photo; 16-22, Unremarkable parade shots; 23-24, Four uniformed middle aged women carrying nicely flying American flags, strongly backlighted, casting sharp well-defined shadows before them. Good photos; 25, The "Chorale St. John Baptiste" contingent, with their banner translucently backlighted, and its bearers silhouetted behind it. Good photos; 27, Asians watching the parade from in front of the Battambang Market; 28-29, Civilians carrying what I take to be a statue of St. John the Baptist. 28 is good photo; 30, The priest who I think is pastor of St. Jean Baptiste church, walking with altar boy in dark cassock with graphically nice white cross on chest Good photo; 31, Leading St. Jean Baptiste statue litter bearers, frame left, with spectator leaning against One Way sign, frame right. Good photo; 32-34, Spectators, foreground; passing parade, background; 35, Trio of V.S.L.P. berets flying an American flag, and what I take to be a Massachusetts flag, and a Lowell flag. Good photo; 36, Vertical version of 35; not as nice.