12/14/12 — It's Christmas in Parkstown

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It's Christmas in Parkstown

By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on December 14, 2012 1:46 PM

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Riders are seen on a float in memory of Samuel Jackson.

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Seen here are members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Floats, bands and, of course, Santa Claus were part of the annual Parkstown Christmas Parade on Thursday in the Parkstown community. The Parkstown parade once drew thousands of people to the crossroads community but it faded in the 1970s. Community members brought it back several years ago.