
Among the highlights of the Independence Day parade in Blanding were the dozens of bikers who rode in honor of Jason Workman. Workman, an elite Navy Seal who was killed in Afghanistan in August, 2011, loved to come home to Blanding on the Fourth of July. Staff photo
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Lisa Carr gave a moving speech at the Independence Day Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast in Blanding. Carr’s husband and two sons recently left for a deployment in Afghanistan. Staff photo
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This float honoring Navajo Code Talkers was one of several beautiful floats at the July 4 Independence Day parade in Blanding. Staff photo
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Among the highlights of the Independence Day parade in Blanding were the dozens of bikers who rode in honor of Jason Workman. Workman, an elite Navy Seal who was killed in Afghanistan in August, 2011, loved to come home to Blanding on the Fourth of July.