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From the world of TV
comes Sergeant Garcia...
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and the swordsman known as Zorro.
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But the big hit of the parade...
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is the lively marching
of the Elks junior drill team.
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The citizens of Flint,
birthplace of General Motors...
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also see the radiant Miss America.
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This was Flint as I remember,
where every day was a great day.
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It's a great day, all right.
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A salute to Mr. And Mrs. America.
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My dad worked on the assembly line at
GM's AC Spark Plug in Flint for 33 years.
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In fact, as I grew older, I discovered
my entire family had worked for GM:
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Grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters,
aunts, uncles, cousins. Everyone but me.
:03:16
My uncle Laverne
was in the Great Flint Sit-Down Strike.
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Just hours before the year's end in 1936...
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he and thousands of other GM workers
took over the Flint factories...
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and barricaded themselves inside,
refusing to budge for 44 days.
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The National Guard was called in,
and the eyes of the world were on Flint.
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On February 11, 1937,
General Motors gave in...
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and the UAW was born.
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The GM employee
has made great advances.
:03:44
It is our wish that he continue to prosper.
:03:47
Most of our employees,
even those who at times cause problems...
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are conscientious
and hardworking men and women.
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Men and women to whose imagination,
ingenuity, energy and dedication...
:03:58
our country owes
its industrial leadership in the world.