CONCORD — As the Rainbow Family Gathering peaked on July 4, there were about 2,200 members illegally camping in the White Mountain National Forest near Berlin and Randolph.
The group is known to gather for spiritual reasons to pray for world peace, but they refuse to get a permit claiming they have no leader to sign the paperwork.
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