John Sorbo, 65, of Valencia, drives his sidecar sidekick, Tommy, down Crowe Avenue in Mars during the Independence Day Celebration parade Monday. The men threw candy to kids watching the parade. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle 07/04/22

MARS — If Butler County residents who felt like sleeping in were looking for a late-afternoon Fourth of July parade on Monday, they didn’t have to look any further than the borough of Mars.

The annual parade brought something for people of all ages to enjoy, which included food vendors, balloon artists and airbrush tattoo artists near the spaceship by The Narrative Church and the Christian Community Church of Richland.

“It was wonderful today, but there could be more shade,” parade attendee Becky Fritz said with a laugh. “It was nice to see the kids running around as well. There was something for everybody.”

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