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Bristol Fourth of July Parade returns, bigger and better, for 2021


Bristol Fourth of July Parade returns, bigger and better, for 2021
April Federico
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With her father behind her, 2-year-old Ayden Elliott takes in the parade from a second-story window in Bristol, R.I., July 5, 2021.
BRISTOL, R.I. – Hope Street, Church Street, and Child Street were filled with people hugging and shaking hands on Monday, dressed in red, white, and blue and ready to celebrate. After having to scale back in 2020 because of the pandemic, the country’s longest-running, continuous Fourth of July celebration was nearly back to normal.
Vendors rolled up and down the streets, selling flags and inflatable aliens, wearing pride hats and shirts that read “Don’t Tread on Me.” State luminaries including Governor Dan McKee, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Senator Jack Reed, Attorney General Peter Nehrona, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Representative Jim Langevin, and Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea walk ....

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