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• Tony Barrie still thinks that he can march in both Arlington's and Lexington's parades though he has been told he cannot. • Middlesex County Sheriff's Office is sending an honor guard to both the Arlington and Lexington parades. The sheriff will try to participate in both parades. • Representative Edward Markey has not said that he will attend. • Floats Update.Laura Hopkins (Seasons Four), Bill Hubner (Incite Architecture) and Joe Rancatore ( Rancatore Ice Cream) are float judges. • Media. • Susan O'Keefe will announce the parade from the reviewing stand with Sam Doran assisting. • Suzie has heard from LexMedia. They will set up at the library corner of Massachusetts Avenue. • Linda Dixon's article on recollections of past parades featuring interviews with Winston Flynn, Bob Tracey and Dick Michelson appeared in the April 4, 2013 edition of the Minuteman. • Patriots' Day Weekend events were published in Sunday's April 7, 2013 Boston Globe MetroWest section. • Parade Ambassadors. • Thirty -six ambassadors have signed on with two reserves to spare. Each will receive a t -shirt and pair of gloves. • Cart drivers are asked to come to the fire station to help carry ambassadors and banners to the sponsored unit. • Sponsorship Update.We have sixteen community sponsors yielding half as much financial support as last year.Supplemental funds may need to be requested from Town Meeting to help pay expenses. • Miscellaneous. • Bob Tracey will buy water for the parade. • Military vehicles will be placed at the end of the parade. • Suzie increased the number of buses this year to five. • Two buses will be available at St. Brigid's at 12:45 pm to transport the Minutemen to east Lexington. • Dave Taylor's truck will be parkedat the town pool for banner collection. Patriots' Day, Monday, April 15, 2013 • Reenactment.We are expecting the following visitors to attend — three, possibly four colonels from Hanscom AFB; British Consul General Susie Kitchens and family; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Richard Kidd IV and son.