The bustle of activity trailed off later Monday for a few hours, after the Air Force made up its back-log of flights.

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If I were to log several hours in my non-air conditioned kitchen, this is what I had to look forward to.

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Tickets to the afternoon celebration cost 120 Danish krone, but the fee also covers a morning open air church service, a festival for families and admission to the Lincoln Log Cabin, a cedar log cabin within the park that serves as a museum for the history of the Danish emigrant experience.

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