The celebration began outside the Broad Street landmark with echoes of a bygone era: men dressed in blue and gold uniforms, women in shawls and hoop skirts, a fife-and-drum corps, and a war-torn president who inspired a group of local men to form the Union League.

Some of the 100-year-olds in the area were heard to say, “What makes this guy so great? We’ve got parking tickets older than this queen!”
KYW: Double-Centarians Gather For Alouette And Prune Juice

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