Photos: St. Aug Marching 100 parades through Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France
The St. Augustine High School Marching 100 paraded through the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024, as part of the D-Day Memorial Parade. Spectators filled the streets to take in the parade. For the band members who are graduating, it would be their last parade as members of the high school band.
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Members of the St. Augustine Marching 100 dance as Utah's Voodoo Orchestra plays 'I'll Fly Away' following the Memorial D-Day Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Military students watch the St. Augustine Marching 100 parade through Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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It looked like Mardi Gras for a few blocks in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 as the D-Day Memorial Parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion rolled by. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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People gather in their windows to watch the D-Day Memorial Parade on Saturday, June 8, 2024 commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of the St. Augustine Marching 100, Utah's Voodoo Orchestra, and the Riverwood Hornets of Australia embrace each other for a group photo after they all sang, danced, and played music together following the Memorial D-Day Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 parents take photos to remember the historic day of parading in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Members of the St. Augustine Marching 100 dance as Utah's Voodoo Orchestra plays 'I'll Fly Away' following the Memorial D-Day Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 musicians gather around Father Tony Ricard after they marched in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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George Aleamotua, center, of the Riverwood Hornets Cadet Band of Australia reaches out to hug Aidan Moore of the St. Augustine Marching 100 as they all sang, danced and played music together after the Memorial D-Day Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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The St. Augustine Marching 100 arrives at the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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People hang out in front of City Hall in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 to watch the D-Day Memorial Parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 drum majors leap into the air as they march through Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Soldiers make their way off the parade route as members of the St. Augustine Marching 100 line up in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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World War II veterans are escorted to the parade route in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Band director Ray Johnson Sr., center, and other band leaders congratulate the drum majors who were about to walk in their last parade as members of the St. Augustine Marching 100 in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine drum majors Jaylon Dominique, center, and Leland Thomas, right, listen to band director Ray Johnson Sr. congratulate them for all their hard work, just before their last parade as members of the Marching 100. The group paraded in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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The Jacksonville State University marching band, far left, watches cymbal player Aiden Moore, right, and other members of the St. Augustine Marching 100 warm up before the D-Day Memorial Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 parents line the parade route in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 to watch their children march in the D-Day Memorial Parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 musicians line up on a street in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Spectators gather in front of City Hall in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 to watch the D-Day Memorial Parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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A World War II-era bomber plane flies above the parade route in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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World War II-era historical markers are posted on the parade route in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 musicians watch as World War II-era jeeps line up on the parade route in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Drum major Charles Acklin, right, with the Utah Pipe Band, and St. Augustine Marching 100 drum majors David Current and Elon Brunus compare maces as they walk to the beginning of the D-Day Memorial Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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St. Augustine Marching 100 drum majors lead the way into the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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The St. Augustine Marching 100 arrives at the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Crowds fill the streets of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 to watch the D-Day Memorial Parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the historic Allied invasion. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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The St. Augustine Marching 100 heads down a hill into the center of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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People stand on a wall in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 to watch the D-Day Memorial Parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the historic invasion. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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George Aleamotua, center, of the Riverwood Hornets Cadet Band of Australia, reaches out to hug Aidan Moore of the St. Augustine Marching 100 they all sang, danced, and played music together following the Memorial D-Day Parade in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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French citizens watch the St. Augustine Marching 100 pass through Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France on Saturday, June 8, 2024 for the D-Day Memorial Parade. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)