Representatives from the Solon Learning Academy parade through town dressed as dinosaurs to go along with their float’s Jurassic Park theme during the Solon Beef Days Parade in Solon, Iowa on July 17, 2021. According to event organizers, the Solon Beef Days event grew out of a 1971 celebration planned and put on by four civic groups in the town trying to revitalize an “Old Time Celebration.”