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A PERFECT DAY FOR A PARADE BROUGHT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN GRAND PRAIRIE ON THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY FOR THE CITY'S 38TH ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION.
AS COMMUNITY LEADERS JOINED REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND PARENTS FROM THE G-P-I-S-D FOR A PARADE DOWN MAIN STREET TO COMMEMORATE CINCO DE MAYO, OR MAY 5TH, THE DATE OBSERVED ANNUALLY TO RECOGNIZE 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 BECOME A COMMEMORATION OF MEXICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE, AND IN GRAND PRAIRIE, IT'S ALSO BECOME A SYMBOL OF UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ONCE AGAIN WAS ON FULL SPECTACULAR DISPLAY.
ONCE THE PARADE ENDS, A FULL BLOWN FIESTA AT CITY HALL.
PLAZA GETS UNDERWAY WITH AN AFTERNOON FULL OF ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY MANY OF THE SCHOOL KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, WHO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN AN ART CONTEST AND THE AWARDING OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO SOME DESERVING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.
THERE'S ALSO LOTS OF FOOD, DRINKS, GAMES, AND EXHIBITS DURING A DAY LONG CELEBRATION THAT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST AND MOST POPULAR YEAR AFTER YEAR.