TUPELO – Residents of the Car Vista community in Shannon celebrated the Fourth of July holiday with their own parade.

So they loaded up some American flags, pulled out the trailers, cars, trucks and four-wheelers and put on a show. Dozens of people sat in their yards and on the side of the road, enjoying the small, but well-planned and put-together parade.

Said Tiffany Goldman, who lived on the upper section of Car Vista, “It’s cool to see people come together to put something like this on for the neighborhood. You can tell a lot of work went into it. This is a very important holiday for all Americans and it’s good to see that people are acknowledging in this way.”

Independence Day activities were going on all throughout the area Saturday. Both the Brewer community and Plantersville put on parades and several people were picnicking at Tupelo parks.

Ronnie Collins and his wife Mary Anne rolled out the blanket and cold cuts and Veterans Park for a picnic. Their sons Marcus, 8, and Jonathan, 11, road their bikes with red, white and blue flags attached to the rear tires.

Collins said they were going to head to Ballard Park later that night to watch the fireworks show, but wanted a little outdoor quiet time before going.