1. When the answer to, "How should we celebrate?" was always, MORE BIG, BEAUTIFUL FLAGS.
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2. When these little girls were dressed as Puerto Rican princesses.
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3. When this little beauty queen was excited to represent her heritage in the parade.
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4. When everything from bullhorns to outfits reflected the throng of red, white and blue down Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
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5. When this chill Puerto Rican dog looked at his adoring fans during the parade.
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7. When someone from the parade touched flags with the people standing along the route and screaming was the only way to deal with it.
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8. When Rosie Perez looked pretty stylish. (But we're not sure those were sensible parade shoes.)
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10. When the king of the parade, Residente from Calle 13 and New York Giants star Victor Cruz took a badass pic together.
11. When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio showed up in a guayabera basically saying, "Hey, I'm Puerto Rican today too!"
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12. But then New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was like, "Just a sec, I'm just as Puerto Rican!"
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13. But then de Blasio basically showed that he won.
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16. When Puerto Ricans reminded everyone that they come in many different shades.
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17. But they all share the same pride and love for where they come from.
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