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Ann Arbor News, July 4, 2000
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PRE-INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE - Harriet Cobbs, left, director of Peach Tree Montessori Preschool in Ann Arbor, guards the crosswalk on West Huron Street during a pre-Independence Day parade she led on Monday morning. The school, which holds Camp Peachy during the summer, organized the parade for its 10 campers. In the wagon, from left, Anna Raschke, 2, Lily Robins, 4, Max Winston, 3. Pulling the wagon is parent Kelsey Hargesheimer with her daughter, Lesley Blackwell, 5.

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Ann Arbor News, July 4, 2000
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Crystal Smith, 7, left, and Nakaiya Harrison, 9, wait for other campers to catch up with them during the parade. Smith is wearing a Liberty Bell costume and Harrison is dressed as the Statue of Liberty. Camp participants celebrated the holiday by walking in costume from the preschool to Main Street. Both girls attended the preschool and are now counselors in training.

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1956
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Riding In Style: This clown in Ypsilanti's parade yesterday rode in style--with the top of his small car open. this permitted him to poke his head out and talk to the many children who lined the parade route.

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1956
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Parade Was In The Air, Too: More than 50 units comprised the Ypsilanti parade yesterday, but two more were equally noticeable--twin Air Force helicopters. The "whirly birds" flew back and forth over the parade route through the downtown business district and caught the eyes and ears of many, as evidenced by this photo.

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1956
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Floats Feature Ypsilanti Parade: The Ypsilanti Knights of Columbus entered this float in the 25th annual Independence Day parade yesterday in Ypsilanti. The traditional affair was viewed by the largest crowd in the history of the event, Ypsilanti officials said. This K of C entry, the most elaborate in the parade, featured three youngsters sitting among floral arrangements on the decorated float. The hour-long parade was composed of more than 50 units.

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1956
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Who Are You?: This youngster, one of thousands who watched the annual Fourth of July parade in Ypsilanti yesterday, apparently is "not quite sure" of the clown, who stopped along the parade route to amuse the children.

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1956
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Queen Reigns Over Celebration: Nancy Ann Smith of Denton in Wayne county, elected Tuesday night as "Miss Legionnaire of 1956" in the third annual Legion beauty contest, rode in state in the silver anniversary Independence Day parade yesterday.

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Ann Arbor News, July 5, 1956
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Parades Are For Children: Thousands of children, of all ages, lined the 1.2-mile route of Ypsilanti's parade yesterday while hundreds more took part in the silver anniversary march sponsored by American Legion Post 282. This float carried virtually the entire membership of Cub Scout Pack No. 89, of Ypsilanti's Brown Chapel AME Church. It was one of seven Scout units in the traditional Fourth of July parade. This float was decorated with various Cub emblems.