FLAG DAY PARADE IS A FIRST.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

When the first ever Flag Day parade in Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake steps off Thursday evening, it will be the start of a march to build community spirit.

``We needed something in Burnt Hills to pull our community together,'' said Torben Aabo of Power Cable Consultants, one of the parade organizers. `'It's a way to give our community some identity and pull it together.''

The parade at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 13, was the idea of Gary Bynon, a teacher and coach at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake School District. Bynon brought the concept to the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Business and Professional Association.

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