Posted on 04/09/2005 5:11:19 AM PDT by paul in cape
Thousands lined Portland's Congress Street on Friday to cheer for the state's servicemen, its emergency workers and the NFL champion New England Patriots.
Billed as the city's biggest ticker-tape parade, the event featured hundreds of soldiers, sailors and other members of the military marching in front of an enthusiastic crowd, estimated at 30,000.
Onlookers bellowed excitedly as each contingent of soldiers paraded into view. The marchers were met by shredded paper, a multitude of small U.S. flags and signs that read: "Welcome Home Heroes" and "America Rocks!"
Soldiers said they were overwhelmed by the response, calling it a tremendous show of pride and support.
Good news from Maine. But given the title, I was hoping this was the long-lost report on the March for Justice.
God Bless our Troops!
And so say all of us!
Our local TV news quoted the Portland police chief estimating 60,000 were in attendance. And all newspapers (even the painfully leftwing ones) saw the soldiers as the real stars over some overpaid football players.
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