190518-N-NP779-0026 PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (May 18, 2019) Cmdr. Don Emerson, assigned to Naval Magazine Indian Island, waves to the crowd during the 2019 Rhody Festival grand parade. The parade serves as part of the town’s Rhody Festival, held annually in the third week of May, celebrating the state flower, the rhododendron. (U.S. Navy photo-illustration (vehicle interior lightened to show faces) by MC1 Ty C. Connors/Released)