Perhaps the grandest spectacle will be a parade, likely to be held in June. People who were here in 1954 still have vivid memories of that year's June 20 parade capping an eight-day tercentenary celebration. With nature cooperating, the parade proved the most spectacular event of 300 years, a display defying all description, one work of hundreds of volunteers, presented highlights of the past as a spur to future development. Today, as Northamptonites recovered from the event-packed week, many had a new awareness of the city's record and its potentialities. He is seeking a dozen or more writers who want to contribute the short accounts that would be bound together as one volume in 2004.
All ideas are welcome.