Modale, Iowa Parade

A small group of Indianheads made the trek north to Modale, Iowa on Saturday, August 2nd for the town's annual parade. With a population near 300, Modale is about 30 minutes north of Omaha along I-29. David Jameson, Jeff McCue and myself pulled into town around 8:30 a.m. and met up with Sean Cheek and his family. We wore our khaki uniforms for this parade, a change from the wools that we wore to the Ralston 4th of July Parade. There was a lot of time spent hanging out after we registered. Luckily, the weather was extremely pleasant for an August morning, with cooler temperatures and a nice breeze. The parade kicked off just after 10:00 as we wound through the streets of the town. There weren't a lot of cheering spectators, but we figured it was because half the town was in the parade!!! After finishing the parade we chatted some more with a few American Legion members. We made our way back to the cars via a short-cut over the railroad tracks. It was fun for us to imagine that we were somewhere in Normandy setting booby traps to blow the tracks for the Germans!!! It was a quick little event but fun as always to wear the uniform and hang out with the guys. The close-up group photos didn't survive the event, but here are a couple of photos that did make it.