Raylee Barwick, 3, right, holds onto her homemade car while walking in the “Patriots on Parade” procession at the Christian Center for Educational Excellence Tuesday. Students sang songs and dressed as their favorite patriotic figures for a Fourth of July parade around the school on Halls Ferry Road. At left, 5-year-old Kristin Goff totes her doll as she pulls her wagon down Monroe Street to celebrate with preschool classmates at Children’s House Montessori School. (The Vicksburg Post/C. TODD SHERMAN)