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It’s been a really hard year for Iowans.

Beatings from tornados and floods over the past few months have really taken their toll.

In Cedar Rapids, our Freedom Festival, where the majority of us go to watch fireworks and celebrate July 4th every year had to be cancelled this year.

CBS 2 News and the Kernels teamed up to celebrate the 4th of July and raise money for flood victims.