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St. Louis Braves Storms To Celebrate Blues Championship: Photos

Officials say the crowd could have topped 500,000 — more than the entire population of St. Louis City.

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Two-year-old Luka tries to spot the Stanley Cup from an east window at the top of the Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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The Blues held a rally Saturday in the shadow of St. Louis' Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Brett Biaggio holds a Blues banner and an umbrella while wearing a kilt during the Blues parade. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Blues fans dot the lawn at the foot of the Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Bryan and Amelia Peters watch the Blues victory parade from the west side of the Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Thousands of Blues fans line Market Street at the foot of the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Abby Lapides chose to skip the rain and crowds in favor of a better view of the Blues parade atop the Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Tom Sheldon holds a sign reading "Now I can die in peace" during the Blues parade Saturday. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Kelly Wuennenberg watches the Blues parade from a westward-facing window 630 feet up in the Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Amelia, from left, Michele and Noah Kimball celebrate the Blues championship victory in the rain. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Emily Kohnen, left, with her mother Leandra Kohnen, shows off her new "Gloria" tattoo. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Sam Bigham takes a time lapse of the Blues parade on his iPhone from a west window of the Gateway Arch. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Lyllian Lee holds an umbrella while waiting on the Blues parade in the rain Saturday morning. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)
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Crowds stretch from the foot of the Gateway Arch down Market Street during a parade for the Blues on Saturday. (J. Ryne Danielson/Patch)

ST. LOUIS, MO — Fans lined Market Street for more than a mile Saturday morning, braving rain and storms for a glimpse of the Stanley Cup during the St. Louis Blues' championship victory parade. It was going to take more than a little rain to dampen the city's spirits after the team clinched game 7 against the Boston Bruins Wednesday night — a victory 52 years in the making.

The Blues had never won a championship since joining the NHL in 1967. Fans called it a "dream come true," some cheering and some weeping, amid refrains of "Gloria" and cheers of "We got the cup!" and "Let's go Blues!"

And it wasn't just fans overcome with emotion.

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"You want to see some f---ing emotion?'' Goalie Jordan Binnington asked the crowd during a rally in the shadow of the Gateway Arch. "We're Stanley Cup champions, baby!"

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