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Community members from Burnsville, Apple Valley and Eagan honked horns and waved from decorated cars Tuesday during a parade to thank nurses and other health care workers for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Led by the Burnsville Fire Department, the caravan passed hospital workers waving from the entrance of M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. 

It was held on the last day of National Nurses Week and on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

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Community members from Burnsville, Apple Valley and Eagan honked horns and waved from decorated cars Tuesday during a parade to thank nurses and other health care workers at M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. 

People wave and hold signs from the back of a truck.

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A woman holds a sign and waves from a car. 

Firetruck and medic vehicles drive past the entrance of a hospital.

A woman and child hold signs and wave from car windows. 

A car is decorated with hats and a sign that reads "hats off to you."

People wearing face masks and scrubs wave and hold phones. 

A woman in a convertible holds a sign that reads, "Thank you"

A line of cars drive past people standing on the sidewalk. 

Photos: Parade honors health care workers in Burnsville

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