re: Ringling Brothers Circus will shut down

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this is a real travesty; we are losing another part of ALL of our childhood memories

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One of my favorite memories was back in the late 1970's when my Mom unexpectantly showed up at school to check my sister and I out to take us to downtown Birmingham for the circus parade. She wouldn't tell us where we were going until we got to the car, I guess because it wasn't an acceptable excuse. Of course that made it all the more fun. I'm not sure if it was just a planned parade or if they had brought the animals in by train. The parade originated down 20th street near Morris Avenue and the route took them to the Civic Center. Previously a circus parade had just been something from childhood story books and it was cool to see the real thing.