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The Great Circus Parade was first presented
in Milwaukee in 1963. It is presented and staged by the state-owned
Circus World Museum of Baraboo, Wisconsin. The Great Circus Parade
features 75 historic circus wagons. Each summer the wagons travel
from Baraboo to Milwaukee on the Great Circus Train, which makes
brief stops on its two-day journey across Wisconsin. Once the
train reaches Milwaukee, it stays for five days at the Great
Circus Parade Showground on Milwaukee's lakefront. There, people
can see the circus wagons close up, visit the 750 horses on a
tour of the Grand Horse Fair tent, take elephant, camel and zebra
rides, view the historic lithographs in the Bicentennial Big Top and even attend circus performances under the Circus Parade
Big Top. The three-mile parade follows on Sunday afternoon through
downtown Milwaukee. Hundreds of thousands of people come to the
two-hour parade each summer, some even camp out overnight to
get the best spots on the parade route. The Great Circus Parade
is one of the world's greatest parades.
Links to another
site about Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade
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