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Marching In the Streets

James Brown helped hold a large Puerto Rican flag aloft at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, which started in Midtown and ran north up Fifth Avenue to East 79th Street on Sunday. Present along with Puerto Rican organizations and Latino businesses were Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the schools chancellor, Dennis M. Walcott.Brian Harkin for The New York Times James Brown helped hold a large Puerto Rican flag aloft at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, which started in Midtown and ran north up Fifth Avenue to East 79th Street on Sunday. Present along with Puerto Rican organizations and Latino businesses were Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the schools chancellor, Dennis M. Walcott.