Hannibal, Mo., celebrates Tom Sawyer Days

Post-Tribune (IN) | June 2, 2002| | Copyright

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Daily whitewashing contests are part of the tradition of National Tom Sawyer Days in Hannibal, Mo.(PHOTO) (PHOTOS PROVIDED) Frog-jumping contestants have 15 seconds or three hops in this distance race.(PHOTO)

The famous characters and scenes of one of America's best-known books come to life in the annual National Tom Sawyer Days in Hannibal, Mo. Mark Twain's boyhood hometown fills with Tom and Huck look-alikes during the festival, including some who can even be seen whitewashing fences.

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