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American Pride on Display for Fourth of July



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American pride is on display Saturday as the nation celebrates its 223rd birthday. With all the parades, picnics, and fireworks – the party is on to celebrate our freedom. But no where is the holiday more on display than at the Great Lakes Naval Station. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.

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