LET THE HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES BEGIN Below is a list of Southern Indiana and Louisville-area Fourth of July events.
THURSDAY
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NEw ALBANY INDEpENDENcE DAY cELEBRATION • wHAT New Albany Independence Day celebration featuring The Louisville crashers followed by fireworks at dusk • wHERE: New Albany Riverfront • wHEN: Beginning at 6 p.m. • cOST: Free • INFO: More information, visit the city’s website at cityofnewalbany.com
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cELEBRATING FREEDOM pARADE • wHAT: celebrating Freedom parade • wHERE: Spring Street from Riverside Drive to Seventh Street • wHEN: 11 a.m. • cOST: Free • INFO: Music, food and fun following the parade in warder park The public is invited to attend the Jeffersonville celebrating Freedom parade on Friday at 11 a.m. in Historic Downtown Jeffersonville, Indiana. The parade route will be along Spring Street from the riverfront to Federal Avenue (near warder park). After the parade there will be a brief ceremony in warder park to remember the origins of America’s freedoms, to honor our veterans, and give the parade awards. cold drinks and hot dogs will be available for purchase at the ceremony. warder park is located at the corner of Spring Street and court Avenue. There will also be concerts in warder park and the RiverStage on July 4 to celebrate Independence Day. Visit Historic Downtown Jeffersonville to display your patriotism and celebrate freedom.
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cONcERTS IN THE pARk SERIES • wHAT: Jeffersonville Main Street, Inc. and Jeffersonville parks Department, concert in the park series, “The Don krekel Orchestra” • wHERE: warder park, 100 block of Spring Street, Jeffersonville. • wHEN: 7 p.m. • cOST: Free and open to the public. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy an evening of music • INFO: More information, call 812283-0301
By JASON THOMAS jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com ur forefathers knew how to celebrate the birth of our country. Parties 200 years ago involved cannons. Lots and lots of cannons. At Historic Tunnel Mill in Charlestown on Friday, you can relive post-Revolutionary days with its Fourth of July BLAST. And yes, “BLAST” is in all caps for a reason. “Two hundred years ago, they didn’t have fireworks the way we have them today,” said Curator Nathan Logsdon, “yet the concept of making noise with explosives goes back to the beginning of our country.”
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Boom. Tunnel Mill’s party is just one of dozens of events happening in Southern Indiana and Louisville celebrating Independence Day. New Albany is the only municipality that will be celebrating with pyrotechnics, with Louisville canceling its Waterfront Independence Festival due to budget concerns. New Albany’s Independence Riverfront Celebration kicks off at 6 p.m. Thursday. “We look for this to be a wonderful Independence Day Celebration for the entire family,” New Albany Mayor Mike Gahan said via email. “We hope to see a good crowd, and I would like to take this time to
wish everyone a fun and sa In addition to fireworks, at the amphitheater will fea lined by the Louisville Cras beer from New Albanian Br over crowd. Last year’s event drew be people, according to Mike H rector of operations. And th soaking the area. With pictu dicted for Thursday, Hall ex visit New Albany. “We are very pleased to b in the area that will have fir day,” Hall said in an email. show.”