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• Torchlight Parade honors military, challenges youth

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B1 For the Spokane community, the Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade is a chance to get out and have fun with friends and family. With more than 200 high school …

• Music and parachuting show scheduled for Navy Week

  May 10, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V5 Next week, May 14-20, landlocked Spokane will be awash in sailors. Spokane is one of 15 cities selected to host Navy Week. The U.S. Navy conducts the events across the … 4

• Equine herpes scare shrinks Lilac parade lineup

    May 19, 2011 in City Three cases of a virulent strain of the equine herpes virus have been reported in Washington state, prompting horse owners to take precautions against spread of the disease.

• Patriotism rang true on parade route

  May 27, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 When I received an invitation to appear in this year’s Armed Forces Torchlight Parade, I had mixed feelings. My only previous parade experience hadn’t gone well. In seventh grade I … 1

• Parade-goers enjoy the view

    May 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 There aren’t a lot of bad seats at the Lilac parade, but some are better than others. Like thousands who lined sidewalks in three-deep rows, 5-year-old Levi Knight of Spokane …

• Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade

  May 14, 2010 in Features on Page D1 What: 72nd annual parade, with this year’s theme “Freedom is Not Free.” When: Saturday, 7:45 p.m.

• At tea party, potential princesses get taste of Lilac Court life

  April 19, 2010 in City on Page A1 The future was coming up lilacs Sunday for organizers of next month’s Armed Forces Torchlight Parade. Thanks to a couple of Royal Tea Parties at the Davenport Hotel, there will … 3