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A Case of the Human Condition: It’s the Fourth of July!

July 4, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

By Barbara Falconer Newhall

fourth-of-july-american-flag-michgan-2007It’s the Fourth of July 2007, and the Scottville, Michigan, Clown Band — famous in those parts — is struting its stuff in the streets of nearby Pentwater. I got a seat right on the curb, with a pretty good and only partially obscured view.

Oh, say can you see  — through those legs?

Photos by B.F. Newhall

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