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Collected Item: “Busiest Summer Ever”

Give your story a title.

Busiest Summer Ever

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

News article on a local stations web page with video.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.


This shows that a large number of people traveled to summer tourist destinations that were open. There were more visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks during the pandemic than there was in 2019.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#ASU, #HST485, #PANDEMICSUMMER

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.ky3.com/2020/09/04/labor-day-weekend-caps-busiest-summer-ever-at-lake-of-the-ozarks/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Andrew Havranek

Give this story a date.

2020-09-04
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