{"id":50175,"date":"2019-07-04T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/juneauites-make-july-4th-parade-their-own\/"},"modified":"2019-07-09T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T22:17:59","slug":"juneauites-make-july-4th-parade-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/juneauites-make-july-4th-parade-their-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneauites make July 4th parade their own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

Thousands of people gathered in Juneau and Douglas Thursday to participate in the city’s annual parades.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

On the Juneau side of the water, attendees set up camp chairs and found the best spots along the road, while parade’s participants gathered in the parking lot on lower Eighth Street across from the Department of Labor building.<\/p>\n

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Most wore red, white and blue, but there was much more as each group prepared their floats and revelled in the excitement. This year’s theme of the Juneau parade was “Heartbeat of Juneau” and the various organizations taking part in the parade each displayed their Fourth of July spirit in their own way.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

[Photos: July 4th fireworks in downtown Juneau<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Some Juneauites decided to fold in other traditions into their Fourth of July celebrations. Some members of the Juneau Filipino community were dressed in colorful regalia to celebrate the Ati Atihan festival, normally celebrated the third week of January. The festival is typically celebrated with a parade and colorful costumes, but according to one of the marchers Rodini Roldan, since they don’t have a parade in January because of poor weather, they decided to celebrate on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t