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Don't miss the parade lineuip

The annual East Longmeadow Fourth of July Parade will kick off at 10 a.m. at Birchland Park Middle School winding its way through East Longmeadow ending at East Longmeadow High School. The parade, which fosters community pride and patriotism in our country, draws many participants and spectators as an annual tribute to our country's independence.

The following units are in the parade:



2007 East Longmeadow 4th. of July Parade



Advance Units

9:40 a.m. Exchange Club of Greater Springfield

9th. Mass Light Artillery reenactment Unit of Western Mass.

9:50 a.m. East Longmeadow Fire Dept. followed by all out of town fire companies

10 a.m. Start of Parade, marshals-Brian Falk/Mike Gordon/Moss Granfield



Military Unit

Music Windsor Fife & Drum

Western Mass Viet Nam Vets Chapter 111 Honor Guard

Korean War Vets of Western Mass Ch. 2000

Korean War Vets of Conn. Ch. 1

Sgt. Mark Ecker (car to follow)

VFW POST 3236 Honor Guard for Sgt. Ecker-

Police Pace Car & E. Long. Police Chief

Florida Highway Patrol Mustang

4C's Auto Body Patriotic Corvette

Music Yankee Doodle Band (from Renselear, NY)

Grand Marshal "Bob Hildreth " (car)

Float So. Hadley St. Patrick's Committee Float

VFW POST 70 with Ladies Aux.

VFW POST 277 with Color Guard

American Legion Post 293 (marching/tractor trailer truck)

American Legion Womens Post 463

WWII Veteran & Stephen Houle (Antique Corvette)

WW II Jeep (Harvey Boudreau)

WW II Jeep (Bill Howard)

WWII Re-Enactment Unit marchers

USS ESSEX aircraft carrier (truck with model)

Polish Artiliiary Cavalry Squadraon

US Coast Guard Recruiting (van)

Music Italian American Band (Springfield, Mass.)