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Posted on April 2, 2017December 15, 2023 by Moderator

Yahoo News covers NYC’s 32nd Annual April Fools’ Day Parade

New York City’s 32nd Annual April Fools’ Day Parade
Yahoo News
April 1, 2017

Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesThe theme for this years parade is MAKE RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN! The Grand Marshall will be a Donald Trump look-alike. The full parade was actually a April Fools” prank. During the event, masked activists marched with a hand-pulled “float” featuring a likeness of Donald Trump sitting in an outhouse. (Getty)

Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

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