LOCAL VIDEO: Patriotic kids show up en masse for parade

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Anonymous The Crossville Chronicle Thu Jul 10, 2008, 03:39 PM CDT

According to the DAR, a record number of children participated in the non-motorized parade. They dressed in their red, white and blue, decorated their bikes, trikes, battery-powered cars and wagons for the trip from the Palace Theatre to the Crossvile Depot. Cumberland County children were decked out in their red, white and blue for the fifth annual Daughters of the American Revolution Fourth of July Children's Parade, sponsored by the Crab Orchard Chapter of the DAR.

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