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By LAURA FRAZIER

lfrazier@tampatrib.com

Published: July 1, 2009

Updated: 07/02/2009 03:54 pm

BRANDON - Thousands of spectators will lug lawn chairs and carry coolers bright and early Saturday morning to claim a shady spot along the route of Brandon's annual Fourth of July Parade.

The parade, dubbed United We Stand this year, kicks off at 10 a.m. at Lumsden Road and Parsons Avenue. It heads north on Parsons to Robertson Street, turns west on Robertson and ends in the parking lot of the Publix Supermarket at Buckingham Place.

Brandon's new honorary mayor will be announced at the start of the march by the event organizers,

The Community Roundtable. The mayor and the Roundtable's Father of the Year, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Marshall Ecklund, will ride in the procession along with a colorful assemblage of more than 100 participating groups including Shriners, Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, veterans, politicians, businesses and clubs.

The festivities continue into the night at Westfield Brandon mall, home of the Brandon Blast fireworks show and Rock, Rib & Ride Festival.

Games, music, food, fun and prize drawings start at 10 a.m., and the fireworks fly at 9 p.m. Proceeds from the two-day event benefit the Brandon Community Foundation.

For information about the Fourth of July parade, call (813) 661-4350 or e-mail roundtable 2008@aol.com.

For details about the Brandon Blast, call (813) 661-6255 or go to www.westfield.com/brandon.

Reporter Laura Frazier can be reached at (813) 627-4767.

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