SHELBURNE FALLS — Sunny blue skies greeted attendees of the annual Fourth of July parade and chicken barbecue on Friday.

Those joining in the procession lined up on Conway Street at 10:30 a.m., with the parade making its way through Shelburne and Buckland starting at 11:30 a.m. and ending at the Shelburne-Buckland Elementary School on Mechanic Street. There, attendees could enjoy a classic car show and the Shelburne Grange’s chicken barbecue.

Leading the parade were members of Kennedy-Chamberlain Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8503, clad in their military uniforms and backed by the Shelburne Falls Military Band playing patriotic tunes behind them. The crowd let out enthusiastic cheers as the local veterans passed.

Then came the fleet of classic cars and tractors, including a vintage police cruiser driven by Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joe LaChance with interim Sheriff Lori Streeter riding in the passenger seat.

“It feels good to be out here,” Streeter said. “[LaChance] invited me and I said ‘yes.’”

Ford Model As and Model Ts were among some of the 14 classic cars driven by community members, trailed by a group of about six tractors.

As encouraged by parade organizer Steven Finck, a group of community members, children and adults alike, rode decorated bicycles behind the trailers. A trio of recent Mohawk Trail Regional School graduates — who were a spontaneous addition to the parade, convinced to participate by organizer Julie Page — blasted “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus out of a black Audi to lead the cyclists.

“It was a spur-of-the-moment thing,” said Logan Plesnar, the driver of the Audi. “It didn’t take much convincing for us to do it.”

Local businesses Walter’s Propane, Palmeri Electric and the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum rode next to each other before the parade’s final leg of fire trucks and emergency services vehicles, with representation from Shelburne Falls, Buckland, Hawley, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield and Ashfield.

At the end of the parade route, a line formed around the Shelburne Grange chicken barbecue stand, where volunteers handed out food to hungry paradegoers. The Grange cooked about 220 chickens over charcoal total.

Onlookers lined the streets of Shelburne and Buckland as the parade marched through the two communities. Alan Jenest, a Vietnam and Iraq War veteran born in Greenfield and now living in the Boston area, came out to watch the holiday parade that is particularly close to his heart. Jenest said he has ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, and his father and uncles fought in World War II in Normandy.

“This day is special,” Jenest said. “It means a lot to me.”