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Prior to the march, Umarra Winfield, 18, of Grand Chain, read a poem she wrote following a class debate about the decision that then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick made to take a knee during the national anthem.

A bell was ringing and a deep gruff voice could be heard coming nearer and nearer, crying out: “Grand Chain, Grand Chain! Everybody to the centre for the Grand Chain and Finale. Come along, come along. Stand ready for the Grand Chain!”

Then the animals began to move, wildly crying their Jungle songs, prancing in and out of the ring, and exchanging hand and wing as they went as dancers do in the Grand Chain of the Lancers.

And from the loud cries that were now coming from the Green, the children could guess that he meant the Grand Chain.

“Do I not hear the signal for the Grand Chain?”