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A crowd gathered along Union Street in downtown McLouth Saturday afternoon to watch the city’s 10th annual Patriots’ Day Parade. The parade, which featured various civic organizations, military personnel and historical re-enactors was held to remember the American Revolutionary War as well as to honor and remember those who are serving and have served in the United States Armed Forces.

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A young patriot, Sumner Ping, 3, pulls a wagon holding Gracya Snowbarger, 4, with Astarry, a dog dressed as an ox, following closely behind. Ping, Snowbarger and other McLouth youths walked in a children’s parade leading up to the main parade Saturday.

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8-year-old Travis Bartlett, a bear scout with McLouth Cub Scout Pack 81, races in the Cub Scout soap box derby, one of the many events at Saturday’s parade.

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A sea of quilts were displayed Saturday in the sanctuary of the McLouth United Methodist Church by members of the Kansa Prairie Quilters guild of Oskaloosa as part of the 2008 McLouth Patriots’ Day Parade.

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Sonja Snowbarger, Olathe, Alicia Wood, Kathy Scott, Jennifer Ping, Sandy Wise and Fern Braksick, all of McLouth, show their stars and stripes, marching down Union Street during the McLouth Patriots’ Day Parade Saturday.

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Melinda Harwood, a McLouth Patriots’ Day Parade organizer, presents Cpl. Jake Perry, an officer from McLouth with the United States Marines, with an award Saturday commemorating his service. Perry, along with Thomas Cloyt, another Iraq war veteran, was this year’s grand marshal for the parade.

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Don Smarker, of Topeka, fastens a handmade bobble-head cow to his 1931 Ford Model A pickup before the parade Saturday.

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Staff Sgt. Alberto Love, a soldier with Fort Riley’s 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, greets Myrtle Jones, of Tonganoxie, after showing her a tactical unmanned aircraft system like those used currently by the United States Army in Iraq.

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Parade-goers, including Brian Grant and 3-year-old Molly Grant (center), of Topeka, lined Union Street in downtown McLouth to watch the city’s 10th annual Patriots’ Day Parade.

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A member of the Abdallah Shrine in Overland Park, peels out down Union Street during the parade.

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