(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Minnesota's Somali community remembers Somalia's liberation from colonial powers in the summer of 1960.
By Jamal Abdulahi
June 26, 2015 at 4:43PM
![A festival celebrating the 52nd anniversary of Somali independence and America's independence was held Sunday, July 1, 2012 near Karmell Square, the Somali mall, on a closed off section of Lake St. in Minneapolis, Minn. Somali flags were in evidence all over the the festival Sunday afternoon. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/EJXHXCLL2F4XE2IVDASPDQRRKY.jpg?&w=712)
A boy holds the Somali flag at a Somali Independence Day celebration in this file photo from 2012. (Christy DeSmith — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
