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Now. let me get this
straight. At a time that our country’s patriotism is at its highest, when our boys and girls are fighting for our freedom in a foreign land, it is at this time that a town named after our founding father decides not to celebrate our country’s birth.
The reasoning behind it is the fear of something that has never happened, to my knowledge, in the forty year history of the festival. The Mayor of Washington has decided not to have a Fourth of July celebration this year for fear that someone will sue if injured by fireworks.
My question is, on what does he base this fear. There has to be a way around this issue. Not only is he canceling
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