BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250704T143000Z DTEND:20250704T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Late Bloomer 4th of July Parade in Hillsboro\, Texas DESCRIPTION:It's been 41 years since a small group of residents on Corsicana Street in Hillsboro gathered for the first Late Bloomers Fourth of July parade\, and the tradition will continue in 2025.\n\n \n\nThe secret campaign to select the 40th annual Miss Late Bloomer is ongoing. Once selected\, her identity will remain a closely-guarded secret until parade time.\n\nFrom the meager beginnings with 15 or so people walking from Thompson Street to Pleasant Street\, the parade has grown to include hundreds of people\, vehicles\, floats\, horses and more.\n\nThe original participants realized that they had to walk back to their cars\, so the parade was extended to loop back up Craig Street to Thompson Street. That route is still used today.\n\nParticipants are invited to decorate their bicycles\, strollers\, scooters\, lawn mowers\, cars\, trucks\, dogs or themselves and join in the fun.\n\nSpectators are encouraged to stand when "Old Glory" passes by.\n\n\n\nThere is no registration for this event\, and the que starts in the proximity of 419 Corsicana Street in Hillsboro\, Texas. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
It&rsquo\;s been 41 \;years since a small group of residents on Corsicana Street in Hillsboro gathered for the first Late Bloomers Fourth of July parade\, and the tradition will continue in 2025.
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The secret campaign to select the 40th annual Miss Late Bloomer is ongoing. Once selected\, her identity will remain a closely-guarded secret until parade time.
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From the meager beginnings with 15 or so people walking from Thompson Street to Pleasant Street\, the parade has grown to include hundreds of people\, vehicles\, floats\, horses and more.
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The original participants realized that they had to walk back to their cars\, so the parade was extended to loop back up Craig Street to Thompson Street. That route is still used today.
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Participants are invited to decorate their bicycles\, strollers\, scooters\, lawn mowers\, cars\, trucks\, dogs or themselves and join in the fun.
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Spectators are encouraged to stand when &ldquo\;Old Glory&rdquo\; passes by.
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\nThere is no registration for this event\, and the que starts in the proximity of \;419 Corsicana Street in Hillsboro\, Texas.
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