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Compiled by The Bedford Citizen
![Lining up for the group photograph - Image (c) Virginia Spencer, 2016 all rights reserved - Click image to see it at full resolution](https://cdn.thebedfordcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Prom-Stroll-2016-Lining-Up-GS.jpg)
Although there were plenty of warnings about the Prom Stroll’s impact on late afternoon traffic in Bedford, attendees at this afternoon’s event co-sponsored by the Cambridge Savings Bank and the Bedford Chamber of Commerce drew smiles and appreciation on the part of bystanders.
Additional traffic officers were on hand according to Maureen Sullivan, executive director of the Bedford Chamber of Commerce, who organized the first Prom Stroll in 1998 with about “fifty kids” according to Sullivan in a phone interview earlier today.
![BHS principal Dr. Henry Turner and assistant principal Kate Boynton flank Officers Jeff Wardwell and Steve Waite as the Prom Stroll gets underway - Image (c) Virginia Spencer, 2016 all rights reserved - Click on image to see it at full resolution](https://cdn.thebedfordcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Prom-Stroll-2016-Quartet-GS.jpg)
Instead of the dozens of limousines that were de rigeur in years past, three school-supplied coaches transported this year’s celebrants to the prom at the Willowdale Estate in Topsfield, and will return them to the school after the celebration ends.
Graduation will take place at the Tsongas Memorial Auditorium at 6:15 pm on Thursday, June 2.
![BHS principal Dr. Henry Turner tweeted this image of prom goers heading through the traditional 'Prom Stroll' arch - Image (c) Dr. Henry Turner, 2016 all rights reserved](https://cdn.thebedfordcitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Prom-Stroll-2016-Strolling-GS.jpg)