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The Jack bar owner Adam Bailey (center) and his band of merry dancers practice their moves in advance of Monday's Labor Day parade in downtown Cloquet. The Jack dancers are an annual showstopper in the parade, which also featured numerous political floats along with many local residents, businesses and organizations.

Kerry "Bones" Crandall shows off his 1953 Dodge truck at the Northeastern Bar's Labor Day car show Monday.

Grand marshal and State Representative Mike Sundin takes a moment with parade organizers and other union members before the parade kicks off.

At least one youngster was in a patriotic frame of mind Monday.

Cloquet's Rob Nelson and a fellow Shriner stand guard on Cloquet's oldest firetruck, purchased after the 1918 fire.

The Shriners wait for the parade to start so they can begin their wild car antics on Cloquet Avenue.

Eagles members practice their parade wave before the Cloquet Labor Day started Monday.