Gourd dance celebrates Fourth of July
Independence Day fireworks light up the crowd at the Gallup Sports Complex on Monday. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Vida Volkert
Staff writer

GALLUP — The sound of the drums spoke to Jimmy Begay and he could not sit still. The 88-year-old Navajo Code Talker got up from his wheelchair and danced.

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