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While the 4th started out cloudy in Mokena,
by the time the parade began the skies mostly cleared and what
a great time we all had.
30+ Jeeps participated in the parade. Over $500 was spent
on candy to throw at the thousands (yes, thousands!) of kids
that lined the 2 mile parade route. Even with $500 worth of candy,
we still ran out about 3/4 of the way through. |
| This parade seems to be well known in
the Southern suburbs of Chicago. It's a tradition that parade
participants throw candy
at the kids and the crowd. In the 30 minutes it took to drive
the 2 miles, we must have passed 4 or 5 thousand people. Our
Jeeps were featured on a cable interview and word has it that
our Jeeps were the hit of the parade (perhaps because of the
candy we threw.)
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Durrell and Syndy led the parade with
a TRJC banner. We had folks asking us where we were from, where
we went wheelin' and
how to get more information. This was a great way
to get publicity for TRJC. |
