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Broadkill holds community Independence Day parade

Small-town America’s Broadkill Beach comes together July 5 for its annual community parade where red, white and blue-decorated Jeeps, golf carts and SUVs parade up Bayshore Drive. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
July 5, 2025

The Broadkill community came together July 5 for its annual community event where residents, friends and families participate in a small Independence Day parade. The red, white and blue spectacle moves from California Street up Bayshore Drive. 

Barb Travers, who has been coming to Broadkill since she was 15 years old, says the parade is a nice tradition that brings the community together on Independence Day.  

 

The red, white and blue is out in Broadkill Beach.
Broadkill Beach is known for its spawning horseshoe crabs. Paying homage to them are Bette Stant, left, and Eric Smith.
Enjoying the Broadkill tradition are Benjamin Rushie, 4, left, and his sister Avery, 2.
Enjoying the annual Independence Day parade are (l-r) Barb Travers and Linda and Chris Esposito.
Decorated four-wheelers are a common sight in the parade.
All you need for a Broadkill BBQ are hots dogs, condiments and a fly swatter.
Gators, golf carts and jeeps follow the parade route.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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