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PHOTOS: 47th Annual Glenview Independence Day Parade

Community celebrates Fourth of July, Glenview style.

Glenview residents braving 100 degree temperatures to celebrate their country's Independence Day.Ā 

The 47th annual Park District-sponsored parade, which featured more than 80 groups marching, dancing, playing, and waving their way through town, began at and made its way down Harlem Avenue before coming to an end at .

Many sponsors help to make the parade possible, among them: The Abington of Glenview, which sponsored the bike parade held just before the main attraction, Astellas USA Foundation, Farmers Insurance - Jurczak Insurance Agency, Glenview State Bank, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co., and The Glen Town Center.

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