San Jose’s Rose, White and Blue parade returns for July 4

If Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were around today, I’m pretty sure they would think watching lucha libre wrestling in a church parking lot would be the perfect way to celebrate America’s Independence Day. And that’s just what they would see Thursday if they were at San Jose’s Rose, White & Blue Parade, a holiday tradition that continues to grow.

When the parade was launched back in 2008, it was partly a tribute to the old Fiestas de las Rosas parades of San Jose’s past. What’s been...