July 4th Parade Protocol
 

Seen last night, 7/3, circa 6pm along my city's parade route:

Unmanned blankets laid out on the sidewalk, with rocks and/or folded chairs holding them in place.

a) Were I to have attended the parade and arrived say, 45 minutes early, and found said unmanned blankets, am I within my parade rights to toss them aside and claim the space for mine own?

b) If not, how early is it acceptable to start leaving blankets? 24 hours?

c) If the rule is that you must be there in person to stake out a spot, can one family member arrive early and lay claim on behalf of the entire family? In this case, how much territory may one person claim (in square feet) for yet-to-arrive guests?

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I think each person can claim a single blanket sized square, up to a large queen blanket. This can begin on the same calendar day as the event in question (so not night before). You also cannot claim a spot and then leave. once you have claimed your spot, if it remains vacant for >30 minutes, you give up your right to that spot.

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If they aren't there they won't know it was you who gave their blankets and chairs to the homeless and took their spots. If they get lippy smack 'em with one of the rocks.

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lol where i grew up chairs go up along the parade route almost a week ahead of time.

as far as i know there's never been a problem and it's been going on since before i was born. i don't think the hoodlum teenagers even mess with the chairs. it's like the one sacred thing here. there's actually a committee that if you sign up and they will come ring your doorbell at 7am to make sure you're awake.

6 years ago or so they said that you could only put stuff up 3 days beforehand, so i chained some cheap chairs to a sign and they actually cut them off. my parents told me that was the only year they enforced i though.

upper class suburb of columbus oh, population approx. 35,000 for reference.

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One person can claim one blanket's worth of space, but must remain there. Although, unless I'm really desperate, I'm not going to actually move someone's unmanned blanket.

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