Every year, Smithsonian makes recommendations for interesting small towns to visit during your summer vacation. Quite a few made the list this year because of their special anniversary celebrations. Edgartown, Massachusetts, will host Amity Homecoming Weekend, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws. Why? Because most of the movie was filmed there, as Edgartown stood in for Amity Island. In Berea, Kentucky (where both my parents and both my children went to school), the Berea Craft Festival is celebrating its 35th anniversary in July, and historic Berea College is celebrating its 170th anniversary. Ticonderoga, New York, will commemorate the 250th anniversary of America's first offensive victory in the Revolutionary War at Fort Ticonderoga. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, is marking the 75th anniversary of the day they changed the town's name for publicity purposes. Read about these and other small towns that cater to interests of all kinds in a list at Smithsonian.
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