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Howard County doesn't have the cache of Paris, New York or Tokyo, or even of some of the more local tourist haunts. It's not the sailing capital, as Annapolis bills itself, or home of the Preakness, which Baltimore boasts, nor does it have the wide-selection of museums as Washington.

Revelers will need to enter by one of nine access points, but won't be subjected to metal detectors or other security measures, city officials say