Hope Mills turns red, white and blue for parade
HOPE MILLS — Stephen Patterson used to participate in the town’s Fourth of July parade as a member of the Stoney Point Fire Department.On Thursday, he was a spectator. Patterson sat under the Hope Mills Lake gazebo with his 2-year-old son, Ilris, and other family members waiting for the procession to start.Was watching better than participating?”Oh yeah,” Patterson said as he kept an eye on his son. “It’s so hot out there.”Despite the heat, people lined […]
