THIS STORY COURTESY THE KINGSPORT TIMES-NEWS
PICTURES BY CALVIN SNEED
By KEVIN CASTLE
kcastle@timesnews.net
Deemed one the largest parades in the state of Tennessee, the 59th annual Mack Riddle American Legion Fourth of July Parade in Kingsport got under way at 10 a.m. on the Fourth.
Click here to see pictures from Kingsport's 2012 4th of July Parade.
More than 100 entries marched for this year’s Model City tradition, according to the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce’s Karen Jobe.
A new ceremony made its debut at the parade grandstand — a pledge of allegiance led this year by students from Rock Springs Elementary.
The parade route began at the Kingsport Renaissance Center and ended at the Kingsport Veterans Memorial next to Dobyns-Bennett High School.
