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Milwaukee Dancing Grannies to return to Waukesha Christmas Parade one year after deadly attack
July 13, 2026 at 02:29 PM
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The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies will march in the 2022 Waukesha Christmas Parade to honor four members killed in the 2021 attack.
- The group lost four members when a driver plowed through the 2021 Waukesha Christmas Parade, killing six and injuring nearly 70.
- Co-leader Jean Knutson said the group will carry poster-size pictures of the fallen four, with some family members joining them.
- Knutson said the Grannies will hand out gift bags containing "Granny Strong" and "Waukesha Strong" bracelets to thank the community.
- "We're building new memories but never forgetting what we had," Knutson said.