A couple relaxes at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
A sparkler is lit at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
The Lauwers family lights up sparklers at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
Picnickers at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
Kennedy Freeman watches the fireworks at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
People gather at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
Fireworks go off at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
A child holds out a sparkler at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
Awni Abukaff (center) and his family at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
The Lauwers family lights up sparklers at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
Northfield Township Fire Department member Russ Hollister hands a toy firefighters’ helmet to Cheyene Delano and her children at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
People gather at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
Vendors at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
Picnickers at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
The Lauwers family lights up sparklers at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
The Lauwers family lights up sparklers at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
People gather at the annual fireworks celebration at Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
A visitor watches the fireworks go off at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
A sparkler is lit at the Whitmore Lake Fireworks celebration on July 2, 2022.
The Lauwers family pose at the Whitmore Lake in Ann Arbor on July 2, 2022.
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WHITMORE LAKE, MI -- Hundreds of people flooded to Northfield Community Park on Saturday to watch the annual fireworks celebration over Whitmore Lake.
Alongside vendors selling toy lightsabers and other light-up toys were food trucks and local restaurant stands blocking off multiple blocks for the popular celebration on July 2.
“I used to bring my son when he was a young child, and now I’m bringing my grandchildren,” said Ann Arbor resident Awni Abukaff, who has been attending the Whitmore Lake fireworks for more than 25 years, adding that Whitmore Lake is “a nice, quiet family place with good neighbors.”
Visitors were encouraged over a loudspeaker to check out local wares and participate in impromptu dance classes until dusk when the fireworks began.
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