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Marshals of nations oldest Fourth of July parade
A list of parade marshals spanning 1826 to 1976 names Col Giles Luther Col Arnold H Bush Col John Gladding and many others including Maj Ambrose Burnside Lt Charles Gideon Gov Dennis J Roberts and US Sen Theo F Green. The sequence shows periodic gaps with years featuring No Parade and long-running entries for D Wolf Colt Perry and Metcalf among others.
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Giles Luther
Arnold H. Bush
John Gladding
Nathaniel Fales
John W. Dearth
Nin Parada
Martin Bennett
W.H.S. Bayley
David S. Colt
John Adams
James F. D’wolf
James F. D'Wolf
Ambrose Burnside
Charles Sherry Jr
James H. West
Alexander D'W
Samuel P. Colt
George T. French
Raymond H. Perry
Richard B. Franklin
William T. C. Wardell
J. Howard Manchester
George A. Pike
George C. Eddy
John H. Morrissey
Isaac F. Williams
Gilbert Wilson
H. Maitland Gibson
John J._ Christie
Henry M. Thompson
Charles F. Chase
W. Fred Williams
L. Maitland Minsher
Benjamin L. Hall
Wallis E. Howe
Peter C. R. Morris
Charles B. Rockwell
George E. Warren
Wendell R. Davis
Arthur B. Spink
Howard W. Church
W. C. Metcalf
USA
Rudolph Haffenreffer, Jr
Andrew W. Anthony
Harold J. Gross
L. H
C. Paul Bruno
John H. Tuplin
Mathias Brito
George R. Fish
E. S. McMillan
Russell J. Donovan
J. G. A. Riccio
Theo F. Green
William H. Smith
Clinton J. Pearson
John Andrade
R. F. Haffenreffer III
Anthony Pinhero
Anthony T. Campagna
Caesar Brito