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'We're here, we celebrate,' some Latinos say on Independence Day
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From left, Veronica Salazar, 26, her friend Maria Ruiz, 35, and her daughter Janeili Santana, 4, relax Tuesday at Longwood Park in Gainesville. - photo by David Barnes
The Rev. Samuel Samaniego and his wife, Rosa, met up with dozens of members of their church — Iglesia Bautista Cristo La Roca — bright and early at Laurel Park on Tuesday. By 7 a.m., Samaniego said he and his congregation had staked out a corner where they had plenty of room to put up a volleyball net. He said the location was ideal because it was next to an open space overlooking Lake Lanier, where many of the church’s youths could also play soccer.