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New Jersey Is Marching Into America’s 250th Birthday With One of the Greatest Parade Seasons in State History

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Some celebrations are measured in fireworks. Others are measured in footsteps. When an entire community lines a main street — flags out, bands playing, children perched on curbs — there is a communal act happening that no stadium event or waterfront spectacular can...

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