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The City of Columbia, Miss., decorated as never before for the holidays in 2018. The lights remained up until the Jan. 5 celebration of Columbia's 200-year-anniversary.

The Marion County Courthouse, built in 1805, was lit up for the holiday season. It was the site of the infamous failed hanging of Will Purvis, whose innocence was later proven.

Thousands filled the streets of downtown Columbia, Miss., to celebrate the city's 200 year anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Columbia, Miss., lit its first city Christmas tree in 2018, and kept it up until the city's 200-year celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Columbia, Miss., Mayor Justin McKenzie greets the crowd at the city's 200-year anniversary celebration downtown on Jan. 5, 2019.

Two days after filing to run for the Republican nomination for governor, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves speaks to thousands of city residents in downtown Columbia, Miss., for the city's 200-year-anniversary celebration, on Jan. 5, 2019.

All up and down the streets of Downtown Columbia, Miss., lights change colors, smoke fills the air, and stars dance on buildings at the city's 200-year-anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Lights dart toward the sky at the 200-year-anniversary celebration in downtown Columbia, Miss., on Jan. 5, 2019. On the right, well-known Pine Belt area DJ Don King controls the music.

For more than 10 minutes, fireworks fill the sky at Columbia, Miss.’s 200-year-anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Fireworks rocket upward in front of the Marion County Courthouse at Columbia's 200-year-anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Fireworks rocket upward in front of the Marion County Courthouse at Columbia's 200-year-anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Residents watch as fireworks rocket upward in front of the Marion County Courthouse at Columbia's 200-year-anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.

Smoke surrounds the Marion County Courthouse in Columbia, Miss., as fireworks cease at the city's 200-year-anniversary on Jan. 5, 2019.

Residents of Columbia, Miss., helped shoot streamers down upon the crowd of thousands gathered for the city's 200-year anniversary celebration on Jan. 5, 2019.