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Fourth of July Celebration Hosted by UMass Amherst

07/04/2008

UMass Amherst again hosted the Town of Amherst's annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the campus fields behind McGuirk Alumni Stadium. In addition to the fireworks, which started about 9:30 p.m., festivities included musical entertainment, a children's carnival, face painting, a pie-eating contest and hot-air balloon rides.

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