BRATTLEBORO — Here's the lineup for Brattleboro's 38th annual Independence Day Parade, set for Monday, July 4, at 10 a.m. from Canal and Main streets to the Common.
DIVISION I: TOGETHER, WE GO FOURTH (line up at the student parking lot across from BUHS; enter at the eastern end opposite the baseball grandstand, then go to left section): Windham County Sheriff's Department cruiser, Brattleboro Area Interfaith Clergy Association/Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity, Agape Christian Fellowship, Brattleboro police cruiser, Vermont State Police cruiser, Brattleboro American Legion color guard/Brattleboro American Legion Band, Grand Marshal Alfred Hughes Jr., Recreation & Parks Department decorated bikes (will assemble at Vermont Inn Pizza on 228 Canal St.), Small Fry baseball, Yellow Ribbon Operation S.O.S. (Support Our Soldiers), Brattleboro Elks Lodge #1499, local and state officeholders.
DIVISION II: HONOR OUR PAST (line up at the student parking lot across from BUHS; enter at the eastern end opposite the baseball grandstand, then go to middle section): Pete Elshout's antique John Deere tractor, Estey Organ Museum float, Holton Home, Thompson House, Pine Heights at Brattleboro, Vernon Advent Christian Home, Brattleboro 798 Marine Corps League, Vietnam Veterans of America, Brattleboro Chapter 843, Disabled American Veterans Chapter 15, Greenfield, Mass., American Legion Post 81, Brattleboro Masonic Lodge 102.
DIVISION III: CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY (line up on Atwood Street; vehicles should enter from South Main Street to Sunny Acres): Brattleboro Union High School band, Brattleboro Fire Department, Guilford Volunteer Fire Department, Putney Fire Department, Vernon Fire Deparment,West Dummerston Fire Department, Chesterfield, N.H., Fire Department, Hinsdale Fire Department, Red Knights Vermont Chapter II, Rescue Inc., Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, Brattleboro Winter Carnival, Brattleboro Recycles!, Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing, Brattleboro Area Drop In Center, WVEW-LP FM 107.7 Brattleboro Community Radio, Vermont Citizens Campaign for Health, Healthcare Is A Human Right campaign, Nuclear Free Vermont by 2012, with Safe & Green and Citizens Awareness Network, Little Miss Perfect/America's Perfect Woman, WKVT, Domino's Pizza, Ker Ambulance, Cairo Shriners skimobile unit.
DIVISION IV: WELCOME OUR FUTURE (line up at the student parking lot across from BUHS; enter at the eastern end opposite the baseball grandstand, then go to right section): Brattleboro Area Skateboard is Coming, Deejay Joey Kowalski/Go Get It Entertainment DJ Services, Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro, Brattleboro Little League, Kelly's Dance Academy, Brattleboro Hockey Association, Woodman Athletics, KidsPLAYce, Dedicated Dads Making a Difference, DKMS Americas marrow donor center, Vermont Governor's Institute on Current Issues & Youth Activism (will assemble under shade trees at corner of Fairground and Atwood), Marina Restaurant/WTSA “Love Train Soul Train Line Dance Finale."