Tom Sawyer Days. Hannibal, MO

Hannibal, Missouri is the hometown of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, AKA Mark Twain, author of the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Every summer the town hosts, Tom Sawyer Days, with a Tom Sawyer look-alike and fence painting contest.

This is one in a series of "SmallTown American Celebrations" telling the stories of small towns that celebrate their lives and identities in seemingly silly and frivolous ways; in fact, they are an expression of their own unique identity. Celebrants compete in contests for little reward other than the fun of having done it.

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ive gone there before