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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Autumn Whidby, daughter of Tech. Sgt. Albert Whidby, 334th Training Squadron instructor supervisor, participates in the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Lt. Col. Michael Zink, 338th Training Squadron commander, and Maj. Sam Walker, 81st Operations Support Flight commander, participate in the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Sadaki Lewis, 81st Force Support Squadron child development center program supervisor, and Juanita Harper, CDC assistant director, hold a banner during the center’s Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Col. Mark Henderson, 81st Dental Squadron clinical dentistry flight commander, passes out strands of beads to children from the Keesler Child Development Center during the center’s Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Jeri Peterson, 81st Force Support Squadron youth program director, participates in the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Jami Smith, Keesler Child Development Center care provider, walks alongside a crib with children during the center’s Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

“King” John Lee, son of Suhajda Pringle, 336th Training Squadron instructor, rides his four wheeler in the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Aubrey Messerschmidt, daughter of Staff Sgt. Ruth Messerschmidt, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron general surgery clinic NCO in charge, and Ariah Lambert, daughter of Senior Airman Mia Lambert, 81st Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, walk hand in hand during the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Child development center celebrates Mardi Gras with parade

Published March 3, 2017
By Kemberly Groue
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Autumn Whidby, daughter of Tech. Sgt. Albert Whidby, 334th Training Squadron instructor supervisor, participates in the Keesler Child Development Center Mardi Gras parade Feb. 28, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. More than 300 children participated in the event, which started in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)