‘CELEBRATING FREEDOM’

PARADE & FIREWORKS DISPLAY SET IN THE UPPER KEYS

Aprocession of patriotic floats will take to U.S. 1 for the 47th annual Key Largo Fourth of July Parade. And a pair of fireworks displays will light the nighttime skies in the Upper Keys on Tuesday, July 4.

This year’s parade theme in Key Largo is “Celebrating Freedom.” The procession will also honor Monroe County’s bicentennial this year. Parade entrants are encouraged to decorate their floats to commemorate the freedom theme or the bicentennial.

The parade will begin at 9:45 a.m. at MM 98.2, in front of Anthony’s Clothing Store and continue through the town to Laguna Avenue. Float awards will be announced later in the day through Facebook and Instagram.

This year’s grand marshal is James “Doc” Boilini. A longtime community advocate, Boilini sits on the county Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. He’s also a Key Largo Rotarian, a member of the Key Largo Community Pool Committee and a past president and board member of the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce.

At about 9:45 p.m., the annual Bayfront Blackwater Sound fireworks celebration will occur thanks to the title sponsor, Key West International Airport, along with the Reefhouse Resort & Marina and Keys Weekly Newspapers.