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the frontier celebrates the fourth
Photo: Ehalm from Thrtt Lions
Eskimo almost succeeds in try The preliminary turn is only one of the tricks If you think this double kick
to kick object with both feet. each contestant has to perform on the high rope. trick is easy, try it sometime.
I odays American general
ly observes the
Fourth of July by
fighting traffic jams
and getting painfully sun
burned. Long past is the
unsophisticated era when
Independence Day
brought frontier men from
mountains and forests
for the year's biggest
"shindig," a week-long
celebration of people who
loved their land and
liberty and showed it with
unabashed patriotism.
America still has a frontier,
though, which celebrates
in the old fashion.
In Nome, Alaska, nearly
everybody waves a flag and
is proud of it, partic
ularly the neighboring
Eskimo citizens. And when
it comes to games that
are rugged and uninhibited,
the Eskimos provide
some action that would
have made our hardy
pioneers whoop with joy.
The crowd is pleased
by this rope trick.
An Eskimo baby takes her first look at
the American flag and seems to like it.
Ice cream's universal appeal to youngsters is just
as strong in Nome as it is in the warmer climates.
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