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Celebrating Memorial (Decoration) Day

William B. Bradshaw | Posted 05.25.2013 | Good News
Read More: Decoration Day, Potlucks, Military, Celebration, Memorial Day, Parade, Cemeteries, Picnics, Taps, Good News News
William B. Bradshaw

I wish the entire United States could have a Memorial Day celebration similar to the ones of old, when we forgot our problems, our differences that separate us, and just enjoyed each other's company. Is that too much to wish for?

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The Festival Next Door

Global Yodel | Posted 06.09.2013 | Travel
Read More: Asakusa Matsuri, Woodward Dream Cruise, Event, Parade, Travel, Festival, Inauguration, Slidepollajax, Global Yodel, Michigan Stadium, St. Patrick, Olympics, Travel News
Global Yodel

We here at Global Yodel asked our contributors to share with us photos and stories from festivals in their hometowns. We wanted to see cities come alive with visitors, lights and costumes.

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Ferris Bueller Does The Harlem Shake (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.13.2013 | Technology
Read More: Harlem, Matthew Broderick, Pop Culture, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Shaytards, Music, Electronica, Movie, Video, Song, Star Wars, Top, Viral, Meme, Best, Ferris Bueller, Funny, Maker Studios, Shake, Crazy, Sourcefed, Parade, Cult, Stupid, Film, Mask, Original, Scene, Hilarious, Baauer, Youtube, Funniest, Dance, First, What's Trending, Technology News
Shira Lazar

It all started with this crazy video from music producer, Baauer. Then, everyone wanted to do it. And now, pop culture's favorite parade-crasher Ferris Bueller is jumping on the dance meme bandwagon, courtesy of What's Trending!

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WATCH: Taking The Kids To Maui

Kari Haugeto | Posted 03.18.2013 | Travel
Read More: Four Seasons, Halloween, Adventure, Lahaina, Honeymoon, Parade, Family Travel, Hawaii, Haleakala, Maui, Paradise, Keiki, Video, Travel News
Kari Haugeto

It is a fact that finding things to do with kids in Maui, an island with a well-deserved reputation for being exclusive and expensive, isn't always easy. Even the attractions you'd assume would appeal to the little ones are not really ideal for children, especially very young kids.

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Five Reasons to Go to Macy's Giant Balloon Inflation

Lisa Bernier | Posted 01.21.2013 | New York
Read More: Best Kept Secrets in NYC, Great-Dates, Parade, Macy's Giant Balloon Inflation, Secret New York, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York, Best of Ny, Thanksgiving 2012, 2012 Thanksgiving New York City, NY Around Town, New York News
Lisa Bernier

Don't bother to get up at the crack of dawn to grab a spot along the parade route (mainly because people have gotten up earlier and beat you to it). Instead, go to Macy's Giant Balloon Inflation. It's a magical process.

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Tall Ships and OpSail 2012: Maritime History in Real Time

Mary Ann West | Posted 08.18.2012 | World
Read More: Boston, Baltimore, Pride of Baltimore, Parade of Ships, Parade, Tall Ships, Boston Pops, US Coast Guard, Opsail, World News
Mary Ann West

The only question I had while visiting the US Coast Guard Cutter Eagle: Is it true the Eagle is haunted? Seaman Robles a fourth year Coast Guard Academy student and future Officer and my tour escort, just laughed and said "Maybe."

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The 10 Hardest-Working Towns In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.15.2012 | Business
Read More: Claritas and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hiring, Total Cereals, Compensation, Worker Productivity, Mri, Corporations, Wages, Parade, Business News

With relatively few Americans in the workforce, those who do have a job are working harder than ever these days. But which city’s got its nose press...

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The Grandeur And Fanfare Of Malta's Good Friday Celebrations

Meg Pier | Posted 06.06.2012 | Religion
Read More: Slidepollajax, Church, Good Friday, Parade, Tradition, Community, Catholic, Belonging, Easter, Celebration, Grand Harbor, Last Supper, Pageantry, Malta, Wirja, Vittoriosa, Zebbug, Lent, Religion News
Meg Pier

Scanning the faces of the multitude assembled, I saw that their countenances were reverential rather than delighted, and deeply moved more than amused; some had tears in their eyes.

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Surviving St. Paddy's FAQ: Leprechauns, Getting Lucky and Pint Pouring

Sarah Hall | Posted 05.16.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Ireland, St. Paddy's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Parade, St Patricks Day, Comedy News
Sarah Hall

We thought you might have some of the same burning questions we had about that special day so we compiled all our research for you in a green-themed FAQ.

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Weird And Wacky Parades From Around The World

Posted 04.10.2012 | Women
Read More: Marlo Thomas, Weird, Slidepollajax, St. Patrick's Day, Parade, Women News

We love a good parade, and it's not just the big ones that count! All around the world, people have been coming together and starting parades in celeb...

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St. Patrick's Day: Why I Love A Parade

Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.15.2012 | Women
Read More: St. Patrick's Day, Parade, Marlo Thomas, Slidepollajax, Women News
Marlo Thomas

We live on the park in New York where there seems to be a parade at least a few times a month for every possible nationality there is. One of the biggest is St. Patrick's Day, which of course thrills my husband. There's nobody named Donahue who doesn't love a St. Patrick's Day parade.

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If You Got It, Float It: Fat Tuesday A Huge Win For New Orleans Economy

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 02.21.2012 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Parade Floats, Video, Carnival, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fat Tuesday, Louis Armstrong, Jazz, Mardi Gras World, Tulane University, Parade, Mardi Gras, Krewe, Business News

NEW ORLEANS -- As Carnival builds toward its out-of-control crescendo of Fat Tuesday, Barry Kern and his team of float-builders and artists are alread...

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Air's Latest From Their Silent Film-Themed Album

Posted 04.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Georges Melies, Video, Excursion to the Moon, Parade, Track of the Day, Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Air Parade, Segundo De Chomon, Air, On Our Radar, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, Home News

What better music to score a once-silent film than a band called Air? As we reported on Jan. 5, the French electronic/ambient duo wrote the music for ...

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St. Louis Hosts First Parade For Returning Iraq War Soldiers

Maryland Heights Patch | Posted 01.30.2012 | Good News
Read More: Iraq War, The Mission Continues, St. Louis, Military, Afghanistan, Parade, Iraq War End, Returning Soldiers, Veterans, Good News News

Grassroots organizers and The Mission Continues collaborated on a parade welcoming home troops from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Swarms of people...

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2012's Worst Rose Parade Floats (Doug's Dozen VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 03.04.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Walmart, Goldman Sachs, Occupy, Cheney, Romney, Parade, Obama, Perry, Paul, Global Warming, Gingrich, Diebold, Bachmann, Comedy News
Doug Molitor

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King Mango Meets Wynwood Walls

Tom Falco | Posted 02.13.2012 | Miami
Read More: Glenn Terry, Miami Around Town, King Mango Strut, Coconut Grove, Wynwood Strut, Parade, Miami News
Tom Falco

2011-12-14-pullquote.jpgThe wild, parody parade did not disappoint. And the young, hip Wynwood art crowd was the perfect energy needed to enhance the Strut experience.

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Michael Calderone

Snubbed Time Mag Writer Blasts Romney Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.02.2011 | Media
Read More: The Backstory, Mitt Romney Media, Mitt Romney Parade, Joe Klein, Time, Time Magazine, Parade, Gop Primary 2012, New York Times Magazine, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Time Magazine, David Gergen, Mitt Romney People Magazine, Robert Draper, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney Interview, New York Times, People, Mitt Romney New York Times, Election 2012, Media News

NEW YORK -- Although Newt Gingrich may be surging lately, it's Mitt Romney who's stealing magazine covers this week. The former Massachusetts Governor...

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Hot to Trot: The Tradition Before the Tradition

Ben Falik | Posted 01.23.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Downtown, Run, Thanksgiving, Race, Turkey Trot, Parade, Detroit, Detroit Turkey Trot, Thanksgiving Traditions, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Detroit News
Ben Falik

On Thanksgiving in Detroit, a powerful parade of people pour into the streets of downtown. But there are no floats. They are part of the parade before the parade, the kickoff before kickoff: the Turkey Trot.

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PHOTOS: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Floats Through The Years

Posted 11.21.2011 | New York
Read More: Photos, Photography, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving-Floats, Macys, Thanksgiving, Parade, Float, Exposure, Balloons, New York, New York News

The 85th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will begin November 24, 2011 at 9 a.m. Can't wait that long? Then take a look at some of your favorite ...

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Tim Burton Will Build Macy's Parade Float

Posted 12.21.2011 | Arts
Read More: Macy's, Takashi Murakami Thanksgiving Day Parade, Holidays, Holiday Season, Takashi Murakami, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Parade, Thanksgiving, Albert Lamorisse, Tim Burton, Tim Burton Director, New York City, New York, The Red Balloon, Arts News

We might associate director Tim Burton's macabre characters and gothic aesthetic more with Halloween than with Thanksgiving, but Burton's upcoming con...

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October Family Traditions

Nikki Luongo | Posted 12.04.2011 | Women
Read More: Clown, October, Family Traditions, Halloween, Parade, Parenting, Nostalgia, Family, Memories, Women News
Nikki Luongo

Our aunts instilled in us the need to cherish the traditions of our family.

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Hey Kids, It's the Trespass Parade!

Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.29.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Marching Band, Jeff Koons, Los Angeles, Hugo Boss, Pacific Standard Time, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Music Man, Ann Magnuson, Arto Lindsay, Emi Fontana, Politics, Public Art, West of Rome, Parade, Trespass Parade, William Leavitt, Damien Hirst, Moca, Downtown Los Angeles, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Wyatt Closs

What exactly is a Trespass Parade, outside of being something blaring and whirring through downtown LA that is associated with the Pacific Standard Time initiative led by a madcap roster of artists, musicians, and dancers?

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George Clooney: AARP 'Shocked The S*** Out Of Me'

Parade | Posted 11.27.2011 | Fifty
Read More: George Clooney Parade, David Pressman, Aging, David Gergen, Parade, Ides of March, Aarp, George Clooney, Italy, Lake Como, Fifty News

As the gates opened into George Clooney's place along Lake Como in Italy, I was apprehensive and wondered how the next two days would be. What I found...

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I Love a Parade

Warren Adler | Posted 11.01.2011 | Home
Read More: World War II, Victory Parade, America, Parade, Home News
Warren Adler

As a parade watcher, there is one parade that sticks in my mind and just recalling the images of that day sends chills of patriotic pride down my spine.

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PHOTOS: Latino Festivals Spread and Thrive

The Huffington Post | Gabriel Lerner | Posted 10.03.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latinos in the US, Puerto Rican Day Parade, Parade, Cuban Food, Calle Ocho, Cinco De Mayo, Hispanic Culture, Fiesta Broadway, Latino Voices News

It can happen everywhere, even in those cities and towns without a massive Hispanic presence. But in each of them, as the Latino population grows, t...

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