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Homecoming, 1965

Parade, protest on a Friday afternoon

by Alan Glenn

posted 10/6/2009

On a warm, sunny autumn afternoon, a gala university homecoming parade slowly made its way along streets lined with cheerful spectators, following a twisty two-mile course through downtown. Stretching almost half a mile, the merry procession featured two dozen student-built floats, ten marching bands, an astronaut, the mayor, the president of the university,

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