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'''National Tom Sawyer Days''' also known as the '''National Tom Sawyer Days Carnival''' takes place in [[Hannibal, Missouri]] every year over [[Independence Day (United States)|the July 4]] weekend. The festival includes contests from [[Mark Twain]] [[novel]]s along with a [[parade]], [[fireworks]] and a ((cvt|10|km|mi)) run.

==History==
[[File:TwainBoyhoodHomeMuseum.jpg|thumb|The [[Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum]] is one of the attractions at the festival<ref name="TWP"/>]]
National Tom Sawyer Days is a yearly event which takes place on July 4 and it is organized by the Hannibal [[Jaycees]] in Hannibal, Missouri; it began in 1956.<ref name="Britannica"/><ref name="Visithannibal">((cite web |title=67th Annual National Tom Sawyer Days Carnival |url=https://www.visithannibal.com/events/67th-annual-national-tom-sawyer-days-carnival/ |website=Visithannibal |publisher=Hannibal Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=February 15, 2023))</ref> The event is held on the banks of the Mississippi river in downtown Hannibal.<ref name="festivals"/> Mark Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for his novels about [[Tom Sawyer]] and [[Huckleberry Finn]].<ref>((cite book |last1=Thomson |first1=David |title=In Nevada: the land, the people, God, and chance |date=1999 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |location=New York |isbn=9780679454861 |page=35 |edition=1st))</ref> In 1959 a joint proclamation by the mayor, as well as the governors of Illinois and Missouri, moved the holiday to July 4.<ref>((Cite news |date=June 24, 1990 |title=Hannibal set for National Tom Sawyer Days |newspaper=[[St. Joseph News-Press]]))</ref> In 2022 Hannibal hosted the 67th annual National Tom Sawyer Days: the festival ran from June 18 through the Fourth of July 2022.<ref name="WGEM">((cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Rebecca |title=National Tom Sawyer Days continue in Hannibal |url=https://www.wgem.com/2022/06/28/national-tom-sawyer-days-continue-hannibal/ |access-date=February 15, 2023 |publisher=[[WGEM-TV|WGEM]] |date=June 27, 2022))</ref> The 2022 festival began on June 18 in the with two pageants in the Tanyard Gardens: Beautiful Baby and Little Mister/Miss Hannibal.<ref name="Muddy">((cite news |title=67th annual Tom Sawyer Days now in full swing in downtown Hannibal |url=https://muddyrivernews.com/noteworthy/67th-annual-tom-sawyer-days-now-in-full-swing-in-downtown-hannibal/20220630220451/ |access-date=February 15, 2023 |newspaper=[[Muddy River News]] |date=June 30, 2022))</ref>

===Events===
Events at the fair include, frog jumping, fence painting, and a "Tom and Becky" look alike contest.<ref name="Britannica">((cite book |title=Missouri : the Show Me State. |date=2008 |publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]], Inc |location=Chicago |isbn=978-1-59339-771-5 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ka6cAAAAQBAJ&dq=national+tom+sawyer+days&pg=PA25 |access-date=February 15, 2023))</ref> Other events include a ((cvt|10|km|mi)) run, a Fourth of July parade and fireworks.<ref name="festivals">((cite book |last1=West |first1=Amanda B. |title=Main street festivals : traditional and unique events on America's main streets |date=1998 |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]], Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0-471-19290-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4tgxkhlpB8C&dq=national+tom+sawyer+days&pg=PA129 |page=129 |access-date=February 15, 2023))</ref> There is a tricycling race on East Broadway Street, running along the river. Contestants wear numbered paper plates on their backs.<ref name="TWP">((cite news |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Paul |title=Tom Sawyer Days in the Land of Twain |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1978/07/05/tom-sawyer-days-in-the-land-of-twain/dd719d99-a85f-4563-b1f3-8af010ecc815/ |access-date=February 15, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 5, 1978))</ref>

In 1993 Competitors participated in a "Mud Volleyball Tournament" while the Mississippi River was 12 feet over flood level. There is also a Mark Twain impersonator, wearing all white, leading a parade down Broadway.<ref name="NYT">((cite news |last1=Decourcy Hinds |first1=Michael |title=Rising Spirits a Match for the Rising River Along Stretches of the Mississippi |url=https://archive.today/20230215175502/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/04/us/rising-spirits-a-match-for-the-rising-river-along-stretches-of-the-mississippi.html#selection-281.0-326.0 |access-date=February 15, 2023 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=July 4, 1993))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum]]
* [[Mark Twain Cave]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[https://www.wgem.com/page/tom-sawyer-days/ 2022 National Tom Sawyer Days events]

((The Adventures of Tom Sawyer|state=expanded))
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[[Category:Hannibal, Missouri]]
[[Category:July events]]
[[Category:Mark Twain]]
[[Category:Independence Day (United States) festivals]]

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