Orange City was founded by the Dutch and is very much a Dutch city to this day. They even have a city ordinance that businesses have to be built with Dutch-style facade. Tulips everywhere. Windmills. A wooden shoe factory. It's really neat. The festival has a parade that featured the descendants of the original Dutch settlers demonstrating traditional Dutch dances and the traditional dress of each province. They also have an INCREDIBLE museum.




Before the parade they clean the streets in preparation.






I did a little research to find out what period the traditional attire came from. As it turns out, that's what they wore when the town was founded. Western dress didn't come into their culture until the late 1800's. Today, one prvince still wears traditional dress and in the rural areas, wooden shoes are still common for agricultural work.

looks they need a rep in touch with the politics of their homeland!

That's funny. I'm pretty sure they came here for the same reason as the Puritans. It's a VERY conservative community. Huckabee got a LOT of support from there.

they need a trip home, I guess.

The Puritans are now the UCC.