A fire truck from the Manassas Volunteer Fire Company drives through Courthouse Square in Warrenton as part of Saturday’s Independence Day parade.

Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company volunteers McKenzy Cupps and Pat Koglin wave from a ladder truck as the parade enters the Whites Mill neighborhood.

Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company volunteers McKenzy Cupps and Pat Koglin wave from a ladder truck as the parade enters the Whites Mill neighborhood.

Roberta Polk watches the parade with her 2-year-old grandson, Miles Gaines, as the procession enters the Whites Mill neighborhood in Warrenton.

Three generations – Roberta Polk, her daughter Tiffany Gaines and her 2-year-old grandson Miles Gaines – watch the parade as it passes near th…

Hunter Hersey, 3, of Warrenton, waves at a ladder truck from the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company with Justin Ennis, 4, of Washington, Va., Ha…

Town Manager Brandie Schaeffer waves from a police car driven by Police Chief Mike Kochis as the parade made its way down Main Street.

As the parade enters the Whites Mill neighborhood in Warrenton, Miles Gaines, 2, waves at the passing vehicles with his grandmother, Roberta Polk.

Hunter Hersey, 3, of Warrenton, waves at a ladder truck from the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company with Justin Ennis, 4, of Washington, Va., Ha…

Ryleigh Polster, 14, of Warrenton, poses with the pie she submitted for the “American as apple pie” contest Saturday morning; Polster’s pie wo…