The 4th of July is a time to celebrate the United States Independence Day .
LEWISTON – Communities in Cache Valley and surrounding areas are holding their own flavor of 4th of July celebrations and some have been passed down for generations.
Lewiston has an Independence Day Celebration that begins with a rodeo on July 1st and 2nd at 7 p.m. Activities begin on July 4th at 6 a.m. with a canon salute, flag ceremony and pancake breakfast in the city park under the pavilion. Breakfast proceeds go to the Lewiston Fire Department.
The Patriot Boarder Race begins with 1 mile, 5 K and 10 K at 7 a.m.
The Famous Parade begins at 9:15 a.m. and the traffic is shut off at 9 a.m. The Grand Marshalls for this year’s parade is Willard “Soup” and Etna Jessop.
Activities include a Quilt and Art Show, water activities, DUP cabin tours, horse pulls, cowboy boot races, a movie at the Lewiston Theater and a party drop.
The famous fireworks start at dusk, approximately 10 p.m.
Hyrum City will have a Youth Parade and water fight with the Fire Department on Saturday, July 2nd as part of their Independence Day celebration. The annual Patriotic Program will be held on Sunday, July 3rd. On July 4th, The Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run begins at 7 a.m. The Chuck Wagon Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m. and go until 10 a.m.
A flag ceremony begins at 8 a.m. and this year the parade begins at 10 a.m. (the parade traditionally used to begin at 12 noon).
Hyrum Hornets will play at 6 p.m. at the East Park Ball Diamond. The firework show begins around 10 p.m. followed by a teen dance until midnight.
Garden City is having their celebration on Saturday, July 2nd beginning at 7:30 p.m. until approximately 10:30 p.m. at Heritage Park. American Idol 2018 winner Maddie Poppe will be the entertainment that evening. Food trucks will be available from 4 p.m. for those who want refreshments.
The firework show will begin at 10 p.m.
Brigham City is having their Independence Day Celebrations at Rees Pioneer Park on Monday, July 4th.
Mandy McLean, the recreation supervisor, said they are simplifying this year’s celebration.
“This year we will not hold the patriotic program and pancake breakfast due to some staffing changes,” she said. “We are shuffling personnel around and we didn’t think we could get everything organized in time.”
The celebration will begin with the Teen T-Ball tournament on Saturday, July 2.
“Our Independence Day celebration will be on Monday, July 4th with a 10:30 a.m. horseshoe tournament at Rees Pioneer Park. There will also be a special price for swimming at the Community Pool. It will be open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.”
From 8 p.m. until dark there will be a concert with food trucks.
Paris, Idaho is having their version of a 4th of July celebration beginning on Saturday, July 2nd with the Stars and Stripes Run. There is a 10K, 5K and Mile Run with the proceeds going to the Paris City Splash Pad. The evening in Paris will include live music in the city park from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m.
Things really get cooking on the July 4th celebration beginning with 6 a.m. flag raising ceremony and the Paris City Chuck Wagon Breakfast from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The parade starts at 1 p.m.
The unique thing about their celebration is the Youth Rodeo where there will be chicken chasing, pig catching and wild goat chasing. They still have mutton busting, calf riding with stick horse barrels.
Montpelier, Idaho has their fireworks display at dusk on Monday, July 4th.
Malad City has hometown 4th of July celebrations with a Saturday, July 2nd children’s parade at 5:30 p.m. on Main St. and at 6 p.m. the Snake River Horizon Band will perform. Band members come from Pocatello/Chubbuck, Blackfoot, Lava Hot Springs and Soda Springs areas. At 7 p.m. the Malad’s Got Talent prelims take place and at 9 p.m. a street dance with Rough Stock playing the live music.
On Monday, July 4th the fun run is at 6 a.m. with 5k, 10k and 1-mile races. There will be a pancake breakfast at the Malad City Park from 6:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. An Independence Day Parade will begin at 10 a.m. It starts by the elementary school on 200 West.
The annual Shootout at the Park will take place at noon. At 1 p.m. the kids races will begin followed by a host of other activities. At 10 p.m. the fireworks show begins.
Logan City will once again hold a free fireworks show on July 2 at 10 p.m. in Willow Park.