Several celebrations planned in Fairfield County Monday to celebrate the Fourth of July

LANCASTER — Those looking for fun ways to celebrate the Fourth of July on Monday will have no shortage of options in Fairfield County.

The biggest one will be the annual parade through downtown Lancaster with a 10 a.m. start from the county fairgrounds at 157 E. Fair Ave.

The holiday will conclude with the annual fireworks show with the fireworks going off at the fairgrounds and at nearby Mount Pleasant. The show starts at 10 p.m. and is expected to attract about 50,000 people.

Lancaster-Fairfield County Fourth of July Committee President Dave Smith said people don't even have to be in the city to enjoy the fireworks.

"People in Carroll, people in Lithopolis, people all over Fairfield County if they choose not to go out, all they to do is look out their window or stand on the porch and they can see the fireworks," Smith said. "Because when they shoot off of Mount Pleasant they go even higher than they can off the grounds inside the fairgrounds."

In between the parade's conclusion and the fireworks, there will be plenty of activity at the fairgrounds all day.

As for the parade, it will travel down Columbus Street and make a left turn on Main Street before turning left on Broad Street to head back to the fairgrounds.

Smith said the parade should probably last about 90 minutes or so, with the streets lined with and others watching from their porches along the route.

"We're having a very typical Fourth of July led by the military veterans of Lancaster as well as first-responders," Smith said. "We'll have local elected officials and we have candidates for office who are either in office or running for office. The other parts of parade include the non-profits like the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, churches."

The Lancaster High School Golden Gale Marching Band will also be featured in the parade and numerous other local businesses and organizations will march.

Then parade-goers can go to the fairgrounds for a variety of events, including an evening performance by local Christian rock band, SlawDog. There will be games, rides and food all day at the fairgrounds.

While the city events may be the county's largest, they are not the only ones. 

Bremen's Fourth of July parade downtown will be at 10 a.m. Monday. The Visit Fairfield County Ohio website says this will be the village's first Fourth of July parade since 1966.

Pickerington will also celebrate the holiday with a parade starting at 10 a.m. Monday through that city's historic district. There will also be fireworks at 10 p.m. launched from Pickerington High School Central.

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