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The 4th of July Parade, as captured by Dave Chase of the Milford Historical Society
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Setting up the parade position markers early that morning
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Hams on the museum porch
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The Saxhorn band entertains the crowd before the parade
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Descendants of Milford’s founders on the special wagon for them in the parade. It was pulled by a team of Clydesdales
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Bill Crawford, himself a descendant of the original settlers drove a tractor pulling another wagon for descendants
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Of course there were bands
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And floats of all types and sizes.
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Milford’s Citizen of the Year was honored
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And groups from all over came out to march
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And you can’t have a parade without horses
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Most groups and floats threw candy out for the kids in the crowd, even the local politicians
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There were tractors and decorated bicycles  and lots of antique cars and more bands
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There were cheer leaders and churches and all had a generally good time.
Click here for more pictures of the parade as captured by Norm Werner