Return of Independence Day Parade stirs joy, gratitude on Coronado
CORONADO — The sun had yet to rise Saturday when Gloria Todd Collett began arranging lawn chairs and blankets at the corner of Orange Avenue and First Street, the epicenter of Coronado’s Independence Day Parade. The beloved procession was cancelled last summer for the first time in its 72-year history due to the pandemic. But it was revived for this year’s Fourth of July weekend, and Collet and friends weren’t going to miss their tradition of mixing along the parade route. “The people include my mom, my three kids, my friend Amy, her three kids and her parents,” Collett said, usi...
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