{"id":71701,"date":"2019-02-25T12:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T12:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=71701"},"modified":"2019-02-25T12:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T12:28:14","slug":"watch-scenes-from-the-10th-annual-dominican-republican-independence-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=71701","title":{"rendered":"Watch | Scenes From The 10th Annual Dominican Republican Independence Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fviconsortium%2Fvideos%2F403898260377038%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; The 10th Annual Dominican Republican Independence Day Parade was held in Christiansted on Sunday. D.R. will mark its independence\u00a0from various nations, including the United States,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/latinamericanhistory.about.com\/od\/historyofthecaribbean\/p\/The-Us-Occupation-Of-The-Dominican-Republic-1916-1924.htm\" target=\"_blank\">which\u00a0had control of the Caribbean island from 1916 to 1924<\/a>, on February 27. St. Croix residents of Dominican descent, along with other locals traditionally participate in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch scenes of Sunday&#8217;s parade \u2014 which&nbsp;kicked off at the Basin Triangle and wove&nbsp;through downtown Christiansted, as participants danced and waved to on-lookers&nbsp;on either side of main street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; The 10th Annual Dominican Republican Independence Day Parade was held in Christiansted on Sunday. 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