PLANTATION, Fla. — Broward County communities marked Independence Day on Saturday with parades, family activities and fireworks, as crowds lined streets in Plantation and festivities continued in Margate.
In Plantation, the city’s annual Independence Day parade kicked off around 9 a.m., drawing families who gathered along the route for a long-running tradition officials say spans decades.
Organizers said the celebration included roughly 70 participants, with floats, marching groups and public safety vehicles rolling through the route as spectators wore red, white and blue and braved rising temperatures…