Hurray for the Red, White, and Blue

Cars honked and people waved in Northbrook as Countryside Montessori students, teachers, and parents, wearing red, white, and blue marched in their annual Memorial Day Parade on Friday morning, May 22nd. The route went north on Pfingsten from the school at the corner of Techny to Koepke and back. Countryside has been marching to honor Memorial Day for over 40 years.

"I’m an old flag waver,” Head of School, Annette Kulle, says, “and we have done it since 1967, starting in Glenview when the school was there.”

The parade ends in the school parking lot, where marchers gather under the flag for the Pledge of Allegiance and “The Star Spangle Banner,” followed by patriotic songs from “America, the Beautiful” to “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” After the last song, “O Countryside,” the school’s anthem, the party moves to the playground for red, white, and blue popsicles. It’s a grand way to mark the day.