1971 photo by Danny Meyer. Estate Lane and Robin Hill.

The Exchange Club’s July 4 parade is a time-honored and much-beloved tradition in Lake Highlands, and today’s the day Advocate Magazine would be sharing photos from the event.

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Darn coronavirus.

The 2020 event was a no-go, but you can see pics here from Church Road parades back to 2010, plus a few vintage photographs from the early days. Danny Meyer says the event began in 1966 or ’67 when his parents, Jeanne and Charlie Meyer, invited neighbors to gather for a patriotic celebration.

“It started in front of our house at 9721 Robin Hill Circle and looped around Estate Lane and back,” Meyer wrote on Facebook. “The Grand Marshal was my grandfather, William Hickey, a WWI veteran in his 70’s who walked the entire route carrying the American flag. It started small and grew until we had the Lake Highlands High School Marching Band, horses and a Vietnam POW as judge just a few months after he had returned.”

We’ve got our fingers crossed for 2021.

Will Hefton and Parker Mosley in 2010. They’re entering junior high this fall.

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  • Carol Toler

    Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.