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Country Current

Veterans stand to be recognized during a performance by the Navy band Country Current at the 2023 International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass Festival in Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 30, 2023. The annual festival gathers hundreds of thousands of spectators to hear the biggest stars in bluegrass music.

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