by Jackie Nunnery

Parades and the Fourth of July just go together. But in this year of COVID-19 when so many traditions and milestones have been impacted, it has forced us to ask: What do we keep? What do we give up? What do we reinvent?
When it comes to quintessential small-town parades this time of year, Reedville has a tradition in these parts. When Army Sgt. Esaw Lee realized that Independence Day would go without an official parade, he decided he would do his part. The resulting eight-mile march from…