Rochester Parade 1976

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Year Published: 1976

Complete Record: Filmed from tripod on side of road. Two motorcycle police and a cruiser with lights on lead parade on suburban road. Sparse number of residents watch from berm (no sidewalk). Heritage flag corps: uniformed Boy Scouts marching with numerous flags. “Chessmen Rochester, NY”rifle drill team, wearing skirts and plumed helmets. “Gates Conservation Advisory Board” float with tepee and Native American impersonations. “Gates Chili High School Band.” Tiara’d queen riding in back of Corvette, other young women waving, antique cars, Abe Lincoln impersonator, miniature car, “St Helen’s Cub Pack 157”, “Yesterday’s Pioneers” wagon pulling “Today’s Pioneers” silver rocket float, more bicentennial-themed floats, Liberty Bell floats, Shriners, Masons, “Avante Guard JA Color Guard Honedye Falls - N. Y.”, flag/rifle drill team, drum corps, Boy Scout Troop 327 float with uniformed Boy Scouts, “1897 - 1976 East Rochester’s Heritage”, steam locomotive on float, Revolutionary War marching band, “Happy Birthday USA” cake float, library float, small tractor pulling singing group on float, more costumes and floats and marching bands and Boy Scouts, Fraternal Order of Eagles float with astronauts, solitary baton twirler, “Gates Steelers”, “Gates Voluntary Ambulance”, Uncle Sam on tractor pulling float with soldiers.