{"id":47371,"date":"2024-07-04T14:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=47371"},"modified":"2024-07-04T20:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T00:45:24","slug":"red-white-and-kaboom-draws-nearly-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/07\/04\/red-white-and-kaboom-draws-nearly-50000\/","title":{"rendered":"Red, White, and Kaboom draws nearly 50,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly 50,000 people showed up to Mirror Lake in&nbsp;Lakeland&nbsp;on July 3 to start the&nbsp;Fourth of July&nbsp;holiday weekend off loud and proud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s amazing every year. Lakeland is such a tight-knit community, you can&#8217;t beat it\u2026 USA, USA!,&#8221; chanted Nick Gregory, who was part of the band and a contest winner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" 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