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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1986
Page
8
The United States will honor the Statue of Liberty with a large July Fourth weekend event in New York City. About ten million people are expected to attend across land sea and air venues featuring official ceremonies and public festivities.
Nearly 40,000 fireworks will explode from about 30 barges in New York Harbor on Thursday night July 3. The Big Bang display costs at least 2 million dollars and will be the largest ever, featuring lasers water fountains and special music.
Winners of a liberty essay contest honoring astronaut Christa McAuliffe join hands to reopen the Statue of Liberty to visitors. French participants and U S children will participate in the ceremony and official reopening activities.
President Ronald Reagan will light the Statue of Liberty’s torch from the USS John F. Kennedy as a parade of about 35 naval vessels fires 21 gun salutes. He reviews the procession from the USS Iowa while over 100 tall ships sail past Lady Liberty.
Half a million people are expected for an outdoor concert in Central Park featuring the New York Philharmonic and singers from China. Meadowlands hosts about 100 athletes including Mary Lou Retton and Bart Connor. Liberty Weekend ends with 20 000 performers as 1000 tap dancers 1000 fiddlers and 1000 guitarists join a three hour Giants Stadium celebration with Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson.
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