Monumental Talks 2025 |

Monumental Talks July 4th Parade

The Idea:

Last year’s 9/11 Remembrance Event audience was very enthusiastic. Our Master of Ceremonies, Joe Marine, asked if the Event should become “Annual.” There was a very convincing outburst of support. For that reason, our 9/11 Remembrance Event is now booked as an “Annual 9/11 Event” at the Civic Auditorium with the Everett School District.

Some of last year’s attendee’s favored creating an Entry into Everett’s 4th of July Parade to remind our Community about the upcoming 9/11 Remembrance Event in September. Particularly, because September is a very busy time of the year.

Their interest in the July 4th Parade arose because of the anticipated approximately 10,000 spectators that typically attend Everett’s Parade last year.

Therefore, the decision was made to move ahead with a MONUMENTAL TALKS Entry into Everett’s July 4th Parade of 2025.

The Flyer:

Each FLYER was created with a QR CODE that allows your cell phone to immediately access the same Patriotic music that we will be broadcasting from our Trucks along the Parade Route. You can capture this 1 hour of Patriotic Music with your Cell phone in < 10 seconds.

* Let it Energize Your Day
* Let it Provide Necessary Reflections about July 4th
* Let it Remind You of Our Gift of Freedom

And each FLYER also had QR CODE so that Ticket purchase to our 9/11 Event could be immediately purchased via your Cell Phone. Tickets are $25.

The Banners:

The Banners on our Parade Trucks allowed us to communicate our Message to the anticipated, approximately 10,000 spectators.

The Message was the same Message that we will present to our audience at the Civic Auditorium again this year. A message that we identified as arising from the Hartley Family on August 22, 1917 – About 108 years ago.

The Background:

In August of 1917, at the Hartley Mansion in Everett, Roland Hartley, clearly expressed, through his own hand-written note, that he had probably inspired the spirit of Freedom within his 2 sons and family.

In that single month, August of 1917, Roland Hartley, a 53 yo immigrant, a very successful businessman, a past Everett Mayor and a future 2 Term Governor of Washington State enlisted with the Washington National Guard as a Private. And in that same month each of his two sons were clearly committed to US Army fighting in Europe for American Freedom.

And, in this same way, the Spirit of Freedom has been spread through millions of American Families facing the American Revolutionary War of 1775, WWI, WWII and other conflicts over the past 250 years.

And within each family, the dialogue of Monumental Talks identifies the true American as one who understands that American Dreams and American Freedom are only made possible through willingness to Pay the Cost of Freedom.

The Message:

The Dialogue of Monumental Talks, Freedom and Family, is a Message that extends beyond Everett.
It is a Timeless message that has arisen for 250 years within many Communities, Towns and throughout our Nation.
And it is a Message not focused upon –

- Politics
- Religion
- Ethnicity

Always Remember that MONUMENTAL TALKS, inspired by Roland Hartley and Family in August of 1917, are essential dialogues that we must share with each other in order to constantly remind ourselves of the Priceless Value of our American Dreams, American Freedom and Willingness to Pay The Cost of Freedom.

Therefore:

It was ultimately the Dialogue of Monumental Talks from which the motivation arose within American families to help defeat the forces that attacked our American Freedom on 9/11.