FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: Zac Nuzum plays with his three-year-old twins Malachi Nuzum and Mia Nuzum, along with friend Jayden Johnson, at his home in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: With a tattoo on her neck that reads "Courage [over] Fear", Jayden Johnson holds Mia Nuzum while playing at Zac Nuzum’s home in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: Chalk art displays Black Lives Matter messages on a driveway in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: Chuck Curtis prepares to light a firework on the street in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: A family lights fireworks in their driveway in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: A motorcyclist looks at a mural painted on a grain silo in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
FORT DODGE, IA - JULY 3: A road intersects a bridge in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood of Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Photo by KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post)
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