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Parades from the Past: ; Fourth of July celebration has been an important tradition for town of Ripley since 1877
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Charleston Daily Mail
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July 4, 2008
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
Maybe the most memorable Fourth of July for people in the small
town of Ripley was 1965, the year NBC's Today Show came to town to
film its parade.
Or maybe it was 2002, the year President George W. Bush showed
up.
One thing is for sure. Thousands of people travel to the small
town just off Interstate 77 every year to reunite with family and
friends at the Fourth of July day parade and celebration, billed as
the "USA's Largest Small Town Independence Day Celebration."
On the same day in 1877, there was a picnic, a speech and dancing
in the streets.
"The streets were thronged with people attracted to town by a
desire to participate in the enjoyments of the occasion," says a ...