Danika Jensen, 8, smiles as she walks during the Freedom Fest parade Monday on Fourth Avenue Northeast in downtown Austin. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Emma Tuck, 18 months, waves to flags during the Freedom Fest parade along Main Street on Monday. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Jackson Dreyer, 4, rides in a car in the Freedom Fest Parade on Monday dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

One-month-old Sam Vokoun of Austin snoozes through his first Freedom Fest parade along Main Street on Monday. His parents are Theresa Vokoun and Raul Rodriguez. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Pacelli Catholic School’s Rachel Kahle, 5, throws candy during the Freedom Fest parade Monday on Main Street in downtown Austin. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Marry Anna Sprengeler, 4, of Denver, Colorado, holds a flag as she watches the Freedom Fest parade Monday on Main Street in downtown Austin. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Robert Andrews leaps over a fellow member of Impact Martial Arts and Fitness during the Freedom Fest parade on Main Street Monday. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

The colorguard walks down Fourth Avenue Northeast during the Freedom Fest parade on Monday. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Parade grand marshal Larry Dolphin, the director/naturalist at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center, smiles as the Freedom Fest parade moves down Fourth Avenue Northeast Monday. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com

Marry Anna Sprengeler, 4, of Denver, Colorado, holds a flag as she watches the Freedom Fest parade Monday on Main Street in downtown Austin. Jason Schoonover/jason.schoonover@austindailyherald.com