Picnic

On the fourth of July, all the churches in Manayunk always held picnics in different parts of the woods around there. They would have a parade in Manayunk and then march out into the woods, each to their own accustomed place with flags waving and bands playing. Our church (Holy Family) always used an open spot between Umbria Street and the railroad on the Manayunk side of the Domino Lane ravine. Joe and I would usually work early at our job of minding the cows so that we would not miss anything. On the next day we always searched the picnic grounds and usually found some coins tat had been lost on the day of the picnic.