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Festivities mark 100th birthday of the bridge
NEW YORK The Brooklyn Bridge marked its 100th birthday with a parade of about 15,000 marchers in period costume, a flotilla on the East River, fireworks, and speeches. Mary Roebling and other officials attended, while記 the celebration honored the bridge’s 15 million cost, 14 years of construction, and its place as an American engineering landmark linking Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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