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The Unique Ways Some American Towns Celebrate Independence Day - Neatorama

Embed from Getty ImagesAmericans traditionally celebrate the Fourth of July with cookouts and fireworks, and sometimes a parade. Some towns tried something strange and different at one time or another, and the event was so popular it became a holiday tradition. In Hannibal, Missouri, they're celebrating Tom Sawyer Days in honor of Mark Twain. On the fourth you can see the National Fence Painting Contest, in which participants race to paint a section of a wooden fence faster than anyone else, jus