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Volunteers add the finishing touches to the mosaic adorning the Takoma Park Maryland Library wall June 1. The mosaic was officially unveiled Friday.

Nearly eight months after the project officially began, the Takoma Park mosaic was finally unveiled to the hundreds of volunteers that helped create the massive public art display adorning the city library.

Up to 200 students, residents and public officials crowded the Takoma Park Community Center on Friday to kick off the official unveiling of the 560-square-foot mosaic depicting a fantasy landscape of flowers and vines intertwined around a giant setting sun. While plenty of photographs and a video documenting the project were on display, a steady stream of admirers ventured out into the light rain to admire the mosaic throughout the event......

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