For more than 100 years, Lake Forest Day has been an annual ritual providing a sense of familiarity for the city. The tradition continued once again this year, albeit with a bit of a different look.

For many of those attending the 2024 Lake Forest Day parade, it was a familiar ritual of pomp and circumstance. Yet for Lyn Kruecke, the spectacle was something new. Kruecke, of Oklahoma City, joined ...