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- ↑ ""Horribles Parades a weird tradition." The Boston Globe, July 4, 1999".
- ↑ "MOUNTAIN SEASON EARLY; Camp and Stream Bring Many Visitors to New Hampshire Despite Coolness". The New York Times. July 4, 1926.
- ↑ Doyle, Jennifer (July 2, 2015). "Mendon to hold Horribles Parade".
- ↑ Brown, Seth (September 2007). Brown, Seth. Rhode Island Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Globe Pequot, 2007). Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9780762743384.
- ↑ "A Parade of Horribles : God Against the Gods". Archived from the original on 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
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