Floats, Bands Shine During Chilly Flag Day Parade [VIDEO]

Hundreds of parade-goers lined High Street Tuesday evening for the 44th annual Dedham Flag Day parade as several bands, dozens of floats and plenty of candy hit the pavement.

The Dedham 375 Committee put forth one of the more unique floats - a model of the . The float was builty by Rob Curran and Rob Campanella, and their children, Bobby Curran and Sydney, Samantha, and Dante Campanella.

"The committee had decided that they wanted to do this in a testimony to our 375th birthday," said committee co-chair Marie Louise Kehoe.

Music rang out through the streets of Dedham Square for about an hour with everything from a clown band to a one-man music band truck to a pair of bagpipe groups.

"We're all here because we love piping. It does take some dedication to drive out to every town in the area and do all of these parades weekend after weekend, but everyone is here because they love it," said Andrew Bower, pipe sergeant for the Crann Tara Pipeband based in Canton.

Crann Tara has played in the Flag Day parade for at least 10 years, pipers said.

It wasn't all American flags though as a tow truck decked out in Bruins flags strolled through the parade route - and Uncle Sam carried a B's hat.

When all was said and done, the only things that remained were the candy, beaded necklaces and rubber bracelets that somehow slipped through a child's fingertips.