Celebrations
Thursday, July 5, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT
Emily Rubenstein, 4, plays with the flag she’s waiting to give to finishers of the children’s duathlon at the I Love America Festival.
¦ JENNIFER WHITNEY/Missourian
BY Missourian Staff
From Columbia to Arrow Rock, from Faurot Field to the fairgrounds, Fourth of July events around mid-Missouri gave folks a chance to enjoy the holiday with their families and friends.
From left, Larry, Stephan and Stephanie Dorman congratulate Adele, 9, after she finished the girls’ duathlon at the I Love America Festival at the Boone County Fairgrounds.
¦ JENNIFER WHITNEY/Missourian
Whit Reichert and Tempe McGlaughlin warm up on their kazoos with a buzzy version of God Bless America in Arrow Rock, MO on July 4, 2007. The kazoo band is a featured part of the four-block-long parade.
¦ PARKER MICHELS-BOYCE/Missourian
Bill Lovin, left, talks with Pam Parson before the Fourth of July parade in downtown Arrow Rock.
¦ PARKER MICHELS-BOYCE/Missourian
Mattie Monsees, 4, waits for her mom to finish applying sunscreen so she can go for a swim in Columbia’s Hulen Lake.
¦ JENNIFER WHITNEY/Missourian
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