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Crowd celebrates Juneteenth with downtown parade.

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| June 17, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Victoria Advocate. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Rebecca Holm

Jun. 17--Despite their presence, Saturday's parade downtown was not about royalty, old-fashioned cars or drill teams. It was about history.

A small crowd braved the early morning heat and humidity Saturday to see the annual Juneteenth parade, which ran down Main Street from the library around East Santa Rosa Street and back up Bridge Street to East Commercial Street. The revelers waved as the cars passed, calling out to their friends in passing vehicles and generally celebrating their freedom and the freedom granted to the slaves almost 150 years ago.

"I came because of the heritage," Lisa Porter of Victoria said, sitting ...

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