AMERICA DISRUPTED: Troubles cleave a nation, and a city
By JOSH BOAK and KAT STAFFORDJuly 7, 2020 GMT
https://apnews.com/article/1ff1254f0017af3aa02f0311bb2c67ec
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) It was difficult to celebrate America in Saginaw this year. The deadly coronavirus had torn through the county. Unemployment had surged five-fold. Weeks of protest over racial inequality left many debating what should be hallowed and what must be changed.
But Tom Roy had given it his best. As the head of the July Fourth fireworks board, he struggled to save the display of red-rocketed flares and bursting peonies, fruitlessly seeking a venue that felt safe from the sickness.