Gearing Up To Go
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For kids, the parades on the Fourth of July were a big deal because all you needed was a bike to participate. Also, in these times, having all the kids in the city riding their bikes next to parade floats wasn’t as big a deal as it would be now. Here, the kids in Aurora, Colorado wait patiently for the parade to begin in 1984.
Fourth of July Fact: The printed version of the Declaration of Independence was called the Dunlap Broadside; 200 of them were made but only 27 have been accounted for.