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Hundreds lined the streets for D.C.'s National Veterans Parade
Marching bands and visitors from across the country turned out Sunday to thank veterans. Organizers said this year's crowd was bigger than in past years.
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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Washington on Sunday for the fourth National Veterans Parade, WTOP reported. Marching bands and visitors from across the country came out to thank veterans. Organizers said this year's crowd was bigger than the crowds in past years. The parade is the fourth of its kind, and the turnout is the larger one organizers described.
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On Sunday, hundreds of people lined the streets in Washington, D.C., for the fourth National Veterans Parade, WTOP reported. Marching bands came, and so did visitors from other parts of the country, to thank veterans. Organizers said the crowd this year was bigger than the crowds in earlier years. It was the fourth time the parade has been held.
- Why do people travel to another city just to stand along a parade route?
- What is the difference between a bigger crowd and a claim that every veteran was there?
- How can a parade thank someone who is marching and someone who is watching?
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