Freedom Festival the Issue: It has a History of Ups and Downs. Our View: The Public Will Determine Its Future.
Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current) › June 06, 2008
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The Evansville Freedom Festival, which started with a fireworks show in 1970 and grew to hydroplane races and air shows attracting thousands, has had a roller-coaster history of ups and downs.
It has been long - spread over weeks - and it has been tight - crammed into little more than a week. It has used admission buttons and then tickets and then buttons again. It has had generous sponsors and it has lost sponsors. It has made money and lost money, good years and bad. It's been saved, and it's been threatened.See the full content of this document
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Freedom Festival the Issue: It has a History of Ups and Downs. Our View: The Public Will Determine Its Future.
And despite all of this, usually on the riverfront on Thunder weekend - when sunny weather shows up - there is a big crowd, most enjoying the day.
Some like the boats; some like the ...See the full content of this document
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