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Tulip Time 2021: Photos from Pella's festival celebrating Dutch heritage
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![Emerson Maxwell, 2, of West Des Moines poses for a photo in the same outfit that her mother, Bre, wore as a child growing up in Pella. Emerson wore the outfit Friday during Pella's Tulip Festival.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/461fc42e-b8e8-40e2-919c-1ed6d5dff06c-Tulip1.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Emerson Maxwell, 2, of West Des Moines poses for a photo in the same outfit that her mother, Bre, wore as a child growing up in Pella. Emerson wore the outfit Friday during Pella's Tulip Festival.
Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register![Donna Bogarde, of Leighton, wipes down the 1967 Camaro RS convertible she and her and husband Chuck entered in the car show at Pella's Tulip Festival on Friday.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/646b588f-22f3-45af-97c0-fd3113e264ac-Tulip2.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Donna Bogarde, of Leighton, wipes down the 1967 Camaro RS convertible she and her and husband Chuck entered in the car show at Pella's Tulip Festival on Friday.
Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register![Dawson Drury, 2, of Gilman checks out the tulips in Pella's Central Park during the Tulip Festival on Friday.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/e383612f-2ac3-46c8-a6b1-6cfc4d8493c7-Tulip3.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Dawson Drury, 2, of Gilman checks out the tulips in Pella's Central Park during the Tulip Festival on Friday.
Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register![Pella High School's Strolling Strings orchestra performs Friday in Central Park during Pella's Tulip Festival.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/c478e6f9-e171-4d77-ad9a-532de98a1cf7-Tulip4.jpg?width=660&height=460&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Pella High School's Strolling Strings orchestra performs Friday in Central Park during Pella's Tulip Festival.
Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register![Desira Johnson and her daughter Sierra Timmerman of West Des Moines take a selfie in Pella's Central Park during Tulip Time Friday, May 7, 2021.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/3631fddd-8621-48d4-a7dd-c6a2ebcf15b4-Tulip5.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Desira Johnson and her daughter Sierra Timmerman of West Des Moines take a selfie in Pella's Central Park during Tulip Time Friday, May 7, 2021.
Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register![Elyse Bergman and her mom Michelle, both of Omaha, take photos Friday of the flowers in Pella's Central Park during the city's 86th Tulip Festival.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/3f438356-a02e-4a29-a325-eeebbf927189-Tulip6.jpg?width=422&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Elyse Bergman and her mom Michelle, both of Omaha, take photos Friday of the flowers in Pella's Central Park during the city's 86th Tulip Festival.
Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register![Tulips soak up the Friday morning sun in Pella's Central Park during the city's 86th Tulip Festival.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.desmoinesregister.com/gcdn/presto/2021/05/07/PDEM/40de415e-cd42-4f58-9cac-6d311d5fec45-Tulip7.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Tulips soak up the Friday morning sun in Pella's Central Park during the city's 86th Tulip Festival.
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