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Enjoy the Rose Festival Parade

This man began staking out his claim days ago

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Allan Classen
Jun 07, 2025
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Portland’s Rose Festival Parade comes through downtown today, and Portlanders set up chairs and amenities hours early to have the best seats at curbside. This man (look closely, I think his name may be Waldo) has staked out a large section of sidewalk to take in the day. He even collected some faded flowers to commemorate the festivities.

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