Appleton's Flag Day Parade is the oldest in the United States (since 1950). It attracts about 60,000 street-level spectators now (about 1/6 of the three-county population). Appleton's population is only 72,000.
Members of the Wisconsin Society of the Sons of the American Revolution bear historic flags east on W. College Avenue at N. Superior Street in the 58th annual Flag Day Parade in Appleton, Wis., Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2008.
Wisconsin members of the Disabled American Veterans organization salute passing American flags during the 58th annual Flag Day Parade from the front of The Radisson Paper Valley Hotel where their state convention is being held in Appleton, Wis., Saturday afternoon, June 14, 2008.
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