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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 24884719, member: 1886&quot;]For [USER=91609]@PlanoSteve[/USER]&nbsp; [USER=10103]@green18[/USER]&nbsp; and anyone who made it to Freedomland before it chewed the carpet.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were in financial trouble from opening day. It cost $65 million to build in an Era when no one&nbsp; even heard the word billion let alone trillion. In&nbsp; Sept. 1964 they shut down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember quick draw gun fights in the street, a train robbery, Civil War re-enactments and the flying saucer. I saw the Great Chicago Fire building burning and kids and parents pumping water on it. But it didn&#039;t make any sense to me. Wouldn&#039;t it be easier to just not set the building on fire? That was just one more thing on my list of dumb things about &quot;grown ups.&quot; Which in retrospect&nbsp; was nutting compared to hiding under some dilapidated wooden&nbsp; desk in a air raid drill.</p><p><br /></p><p>Freedonland Bronx, Cupronickel, 36mm, 14.38mm,&nbsp; C/A</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for low quality images but taking pics of bright material is beyond my pay grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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