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03-16-07, 07:19 AM
Marines reject St. Patrick's parade deal
By Rocky Mountain News
March 16, 2007

The Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee offered a compromise Thursday to a group of Marines miffed that its unit had been bumped backward. But a few members of the group who heard the offer say they've rejected it.

It does not appear that the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the First Marine Division Association will be among the nearly 200 groups taking part in the parade when it kicks off near Coors Field at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The flap started this month when members of the group objected to being dropped from the honors section of the parade to a position that was 74th overall. The committee reportedly offered to move the Marines up to the 24th overall position.