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There were 90 entries in this year’s parade.  Here is the last of my posts showing some of them.

Addendum on July 12, 2010:  Brenda Young, Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce, informed me that these are this year’s parade prize winners.

Community Float 1st Place Deer Park
Company Category 1st Hot Rod Café, 2nd North Idaho College, 3rd Matson’s Plumbing
Non profit Category 1st Boy Scouts of America, 2nd Girl Scouts
Marching Band Category 1st The Prefection-nots, 2nd Cranbrook Bugle Band
Marching Unit Category 1st Blazen Divas
Classic Car Category 1st Doug Murdock, 2nd Wiggett’s Antique Mall
Equestrian Category 1st Kootenai County Saddle Club
Equestrian Horse Drawn Category 1st Bridle Path Quarter Horses

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As expected, there were several political entrants in Coeur d’Alene’s 2010 Independence Day Parade.   Have you ever known a politician to miss a chance to be seen and cheered and to wave the flag?

Just as with yesterday’s post, these photos are in no particular order.

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Once again this year, Lisa and I were invited to be judges for the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Independence Day parade.

This year’s theme was “American Heroes.”

Rather include all 213 photos I took of the 90 entrants, this post will just include some of my own favorites.  Not all of the photo subjects were judged entries, but all of them added immensely to the audience’s enjoyment of the parade.  The photos are not necessarily in the order the subjects appeared in the parade.  Left mouse-click on any photo to enlarge it.

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