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Updated · Baltimore Sun · Jun 254 States Skip Great American State Fair Over Costs, Keeping Representation Through Private Partners
3 articles · Updated · Baltimore Sun · Jun 25Summary
- Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts and North Carolina said they will not send official delegations to the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair.
- All four states cited participation costs rather than opposition to the event, even though each has a Democratic governor.
- Private partners are stepping in in each case, allowing the states to remain represented at the fair without official state delegations.
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Can private companies authentically represent an entire state at America’s 250th anniversary celebration? As states withdraw over cost, is America's national birthday fair becoming a private-sector showcase?