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“It’s that spirit of volunteerism that makes America special,” Tibbet said.

When I got the reporting assignment to cover this event, I misunderstood the text and thought it said that the float was stuck under the freeway overpass. It was not stuck. In fact, it was not even yet under the freeway overpass. But it would shortly be, carefully maneuvered down the hill to the spot under the bridge behind Flintridge Prep School, finally ready for the manic days of decorating.

I…