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HARLINGEN, Texas – Marine Military Academy (MMA) will host its 47th Anniversary Parade on Friday, Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. on the MMA Parade Grounds. Held since 1965, the year MMA opened, the parade also celebrates the 237th Anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.The 47th Anniversary Parade kicks off Parent’s Weekend, a two-day affair in which parents from all over the globe come to MMA to visit their sons. Other Parent’s Weekend events include the MMA Homecoming Game on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. and the 47th Anniversary Birthday Ball on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The 47th Anniversary Birthday Ball, the highpoint of the year, is a formal military ball with a traditional cake-cutting ceremony followed by dancing. William J. “Bill” Fanning, Class of 1979 will be the reviewing officer for the parade and the guest of honor at the ball. Fanning is the president of Pilot Insurance Center in Addison, Texas.For more information on the 47th Anniversary Parade or 47th Anniversary Birthday Ball, call (956) 421-9235.