In Elk Horn, Iowa, the Dannebrog still flies side by side with the Stars and Stripes. But Donald Trump’s dreams of Greenland have struck the Danish American prairie town at the heart of its dual identity. We went along to the storied Tivoli Fest.
A Viking ship on wheels rolls down the main street in Elk Horn, Iowa.
From the deck, children in horned helmets toss candy to people along the sidewalk, while families in camping chairs wave small Danish and American flags in the summer heat. The same flags hang from the lampposts throughout the small prairie town, founded by Danish emigrants more than a century ago.
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