‘It means everything’: Temple Terrace celebrates 50 years of Independence Day parades

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. (WFLA) — Temple Terrace marked 50 years of celebrating Independence Day with a parade.

“We’re celebrating our 50th July 4th parade here in the city of Temple Terrace,” said Temple Terrace Assistant Fire Chief Shane Samon.

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Samon spent his morning driving an antique fire truck through the streets of the city, celebrating half a century of 4th of July parades in Temple Terrace.

“We get to show all of our apparatus out to the community, show what our community does for us, what we do for the community,” he explained. “It really means a lot.”…

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