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Pre-parade show on WPRI 12 Thursday, July 3^rd, 7-7:30pm

Hosted by Eyewitness News� Karen Adams and Steve Aveson

Filmed at Linden Place (mansion) on Hope Street in Bristol.

Learn about the history of the parade, meet this year�s Little Miss 4^th of July Samantha Lyn Jannitto and Miss 4^th of July Courtney Jessica Glavin, and this year�s chief marshals, Raymond Cordeiro and his wife Oryann Lima, and much more.

218^th Bristol 4^th of July Parade

The parade will be hosted by WPRI 12�s Karen Adams and Steve Aveson and will be broadcast "live" beginning at 10:30am on both WPRI 12 and FOX Providence. The parade will be re-broadcast in its entirety on Saturday, July 5^th at 12 noon on 12 and Sunday, July 6^th at 12 noon on FOX.

The Bristol parade is the oldest, grandest, and best loved Independence Day celebration in the U.S.

Thousands of spectators, marching bands, colorful mummers, and about 20 floats.

The parade has marched down Hope and High Streets as far back as 1826.