Thursday was July 4th. Independence Day.
I don't much care for the holiday, or for this country, but I would expect an independence day parade to be full of ... well, local businesses trying to look patriotic in order to drum up customers.
That was not this parade.
Instead...
Well, there were three MAGA floats (one of which featured a prominent sign that said something like "Trump's dementia isn't as bad as Joe's" or something to that effect, which deeply confused me.)
That's almost to be expected in this area, except that they were all very much Jan 6th themed.
This should have been my first clue that things were going to get weird.