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Mayor Rick Danner will co-host the 16th Annual July 4 Neighborhood Kids Parade beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. The parade assembly is on Church Street.
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The public is invited to participate in the parade. The route is approximately a mile-long, led by police vehicles.
Children will have the opportunity to meet Greer Mayor Rick Danner, co-organizer of the growing Independence Day event.
Infants, children, teens, parents and grandparents have participated in the past. “This is Americana,” Danner said.
Danner, his wife, Rita, and father-in-law, Alvin Howell are parade organizers.
U.S. flags, red, white and blue-decorated vehicles and bikes, wagons and scooters are part of the traditional holiday. Neighbors decorate porches and houses with parades and bunting.