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American Legion Riders follow the color guard at the head of the Gillett Fourth of July parade.
With temperatures near 90, parade spectators gather in the shade where they could.
Not every parade float is on wheels.
Meunier’s True Value features one of the smaller entries.
The parade pauses for a veterans’ rifle salute.
A&W Tractor LLC of Cecil joins the parade route.
Parade watchers stand for the flag.
Parade watchers stand as the color guard and veteran riders turn from Fourth Street onto Birch.
Veterans wave to the crowd as they ride past.
The Fourth of July heat doesn’t faze this color guard member.
This “float” has survived nearly a century of Independence Days.
Photos by Warren Bluhm • News Editor