Scene from the 2006 Gasparilla parade in Tampa. (KELLY FITZPATRICK, ORLANDO SENTINEL / January 31, 2006)
The Associated Press
11:21 a.m. EST, January 29, 2011
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TAMPA, Florida — Around 350,000 revelers will crowd downtown Tampa streets for the annual Gasparilla pirate parade and street festival.
The pirate-themed parade kicks off at 2:05 p.m. Saturday along Bayshore Boulevard with actor Jim Belushi as celebrity grand marshal. A free street festival downtown features live bands and food.
The Mardi Gras-type festival has been going on in Tampa since 1904.
The parade will begin with a memorial motorcade that includes the police vehicles of slain St. Petersburg officers Thomas Baitinger and Jeffrey Yaslowitz, who were killed Monday trying to arrest a fugitive.
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