Buzz Bridges, dressed as Uncle Sam, sings “God Bless the USA” while marching Monday in Farmington’s annual 4th of July Parade organized by the Farmington Rotary Club. The theme was celebrating America’s superheroes. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal

Joe Clark and his son Kermit read the Declaration of Independence aloud Monday at Meetinghouse Park following Farmington’s Fourth of July Parade downtown. Clark, dressed with his family in the Federation of North-American Explorers uniform, said he’s trying to bring back the tradition of reading the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal

Children rush after candy thrown Monday by marchers in Farmington’s Fourth of July Parade sponsored by the Farmington Rotary Club. The theme was celebrating America’s superheroes. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal

Brothers, from left, Marceau, Joakim and Matyss Glady-Jordan play with pinwheels handed out Monday during Farmington’s annual 4th of July Parade. The boys live in Bordeaux, France, with their mother, Alanna Jordan, who is originally from New Sharon and brings them to Maine every summer. Kay Neufeld/Franklin Journal