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          A PICTURE PERFECT DAY FOR A PARADE. 
          SET THE STAGE FOR THE 37TH ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE. 
          THE TRADITIONAL PARADE DOWN MAIN STREET INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, CINCO DE MAYO, OR MAY 5TH IS THE DATE OBSERVED EVERY YEAR TO COMMEMORATE THE UNLIKELY DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON'S FRENCH ARMY BY A SMALL GROUP OF YOUNG SOLDIERS FROM THE MEXICAN ARMY IN 1862. 
          IN THE US IT HAS EVOLVED INTO A COMMEMORATION OF MEXICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE, AND IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IT'S ALSO BECOME A SYMBOL OF UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS ON FULL DISPLAY. 
          FOLLOWING THE PARADE, A FULL BLOWN AFTERNOON FIESTA AT CITY HALL PLAZA WITH ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, DRINKS, GAMES, AND EXHIBITS. 
          SINCE 1987, GRAND PRAIRIE CINCO DE MAYO COMMITTEE HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE CITY, ITS SCHOOLS, AND MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION A SPECTACULAR, MEMORABLE AND GENEROUS EVENT. 
          WITH THE TRADITIONAL AWARDING OF COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO SEVERAL DESERVING GRAND PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WE'RE GIVING 21 SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          WE'RE GIVING $46,000, AND THIS MAKES RIGHT OUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRAND PRAIRIE STUDENTS. 
          SO WE'RE SO EXCITED. 
          37 YEARS OF DOING THIS EVENT, AND IT GETS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. 
          HAPPY.
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