Article: CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE AMERICAN BEACH

TIRRENIA, Italy, July 7 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:

Hundreds of visitors flocked to the American Beach in Tirrenia to celebrate Independence Day with games, barbecue, sports and fireworks.

American classic touch football and beach volleyball had Americans and Italians laughing and diving in the sand. While children enjoyed coloring on a huge wall mural, making sand candy out of colored sugar and running around waving American flags.

One family that had come from Korea to visit relatives in Vicenza over the holidays said they decided to bring the whole gang down to Camp Darby so the kids could get a feel of a down home Fourth of July celebration.

As the sun set the ...

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