Several businesses tied red, white, and blue ribbons on their doors and had American flags hanging in their windows.

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By working with school leaders, we have earned more Blue Ribbons for excellence from the U.S. Department of Education than any other diocese in the country.

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They both won blue ribbons at the National Pie Championship.

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Yes, my fellow citizens, even as July Fourth is upon us, whoever would've thought that globalism would mean that the United States would outsource blue ribbons and gold medals?

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In their front yard, blue and red ribbons remained from a party Vernette had hosted for her son just before Hurricane Katrina hit August 29.

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Meanwhile, residents and business owners in Midland City put up blue, red and black ribbons in support of the boy and Poland.

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Many of the estimated 200 or so people wore ribbons colored orange and blue to symbolize the identity of the Sikh community.

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