Usually I do a Friday Festival and highlight a festival from Minnesota and two other states. This week I am doing a combined Friday and Saturday look into the biggest festival of the summer in Minnesota, The Minneapolis Aquatennial. It is coined “The best days of summer” because it celebrates the City of Lakes, Minneapolis and the lakes that reside within the city. The event is actually in its last weekend. Tonight was the fireworks, something everyone in the whole family enjoys. Besides the fireworks there are a number of other events that are fun to watch and participate in. The Torchlight parade occurred on Wednesday and that event is always a fun family event. One event I have attended before that is a lot of fun to watch is the milk carton boat races. People and teams of people create boats from only milk cartons and then they race them in Lake Calhoun. Here is a blurb from the official Aquatennial website about the carton races. · ...
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