Plantation parade kicks off Fourth of July with patriotic spirit

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PLANTATION, Fla. – Red, white, and bluish was connected afloat show arsenic the metropolis of Plantation’s yearly Independence Day parade got underway Friday morning, with Local 10’s Andrew Perez unexpectedly uncovering himself successful the mediate of it.

“Yeah, well, fig one, I don’t cognize however I ended up successful this parade,” Perez said with a laugh. “We were conscionable expected to beryllium covering it from the sidelines, but present I am… Hey, astatine slightest I got snacks for the road.”

The parade made its mode westbound down West Broward Boulevard, yet heading toward City Hall. Crowds gathered on the route, waving flags arsenic the SWAT team, occurrence department, BSO deputies, and much took portion successful the celebration.

One of the standout participants was this year’s Grand Marshal, known lovingly arsenic “Miss Mickey,” who’s worked astatine the section room for 31 years and taught adjacent astatine Parkway.

“I enactment astatine the room successful the children’s room, truthful I’m expecting to spot a batch of kids connected the route,” she said, surrounded by her grandchildren. “Well, it’s due to the fact that I really similar each the radical that I get to beryllium with.”

The parade is conscionable the commencement of Plantation’s festivities.

A patriotic excavation enactment is acceptable to instrumentality spot astatine the Planation Aquatic Complex, and the city’s large fireworks amusement kicks disconnected astatine 7 p.m.

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