Round Top TX July 4th Parade Airplane Float. (original) (raw)
Courtesy Paula Heinsohn Photo Collection
"The airplane float was built by Willie Giese for the Round Top July 4th parade, the oldest Independence Day parade west of the Mississippi River, circa 1920.
Willie served in the U.S. Army during WWI and was poisoned with mustard gas. He died several years later from the lingering side effects of the poisoning." -
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