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FOURTH OF JULY

Wellfleet Shows Its Stripes and Stars

Performers and pirates on parade

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Skyler Cole, a performer with Payomet’s Cirque by the Sea troupe, wheels down Wellfleet’s Main Street during Monday’s 4th of July parade. Read more for more Wellfleet Independence Day photographs. Photos by Marnie Crawford Samuelson. 

Christina Licursi and Jen Buell of Wellfleet get ready to ride the parade route on their Vespa.
The extraordinarily long-legged Catherine Jett, an instructor and performer with Payomet’s Cirque by the Sea troupe, strides along Wellfleet’s pier.
Pat and Bill Mastellon wait, flags at the ready, for the parade to begin.
Gwynn Guzzeau drives the Helping Our Women car, which sports a “Stars, Stripes, and Reproductive Rights” sign.
Pirates on hand on Main Street to defend women’s rights are Amy St. John Ramsdell, left, and Hill Thomas.
Joe Gelling, on a visit from Long Island, dresses for the day in red, white, and blue.
Naomi Miano, here from Chicago, cheers on the paraders.
Waving the flag is Kimmore Pringle of Wellfleet and Jamaica.
Artist Paul Suggs’s portable steamer clam is still squirting after all these years.

For photos of Provincetown’s July 4th celebrations go to https://provincetownindependent.org/visual/2022/07/06/fifes-funk-and-fireworks/.

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About Marnie Crawford Samuelson

Marnie Crawford Samuelson is a photographer and writer, currently documenting the lives of people on the Outer Cape. She lives in Wellfleet and in Berkeley, California.

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