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People watch scattered Fourth of July fireworks displays Tuesday, July 4, 2017, from the vantage point of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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People watch scattered Fourth of July fireworks displays Tuesday, July 4, 2017, from the vantage point of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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People watch scattered Fourth of July fireworks displays Tuesday, July 4, 2017, from the vantage point of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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People watch scattered Fourth of July fireworks displays Tuesday, July 4, 2017, from the vantage point of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo a docent walks past a French artillery piece at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo a visitor watches a video presentation at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo uniforms hang on display at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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In Feb. 16, 2017 photo a visitor leaves the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo visitors stand on a glass walkway over 9,000 poppies inside the entrance of the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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** FILE ** Frank Buckles receives an American flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo., in 2008. Mr. Buckles, the last U.S. doughboy from the Great War, died on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, of natural causes at his home in Charles Town, W.Va. (Associated Press)