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Nation celebrates
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COURTNEY SUCH csuch@farragutpress.com
People all over the nation will spend the first week of July celebrating the United States’ 238th birthday with parades, festivals, fireworks shows, barbeques, picnics and more, decked out in all of the red, white and blue apparel they can find. The unanimous decision of the Second Continental Congress changed the meaning of freedom by declaring independence from Great Britain in 1776. Personal letters between John and Abigail Adams told historians that one year later, July 4, 1777, was celebrated “with a festivity and ceremony
becoming the occasion.” The celebrations each year following that 1776 decision spread across the country, leading to a national recognition of the holiday June 28, 1870. The list of traditions and festivities grew longer with each passing year as proven by Oregon Pioneer child Nettie Spencer, who wrote in a 1930s manuscript from the Federal Writers’ Project. “There would be floats in the morning. ... Following the float would be the Oregon Agricultural College cadets, and some kind of band. Sometimes there would be political effigies,” Spencer wrote. Independence Day became federally recognized shortly after Spencer’s recollection
of her Independence Day experiences in 1938. The federal holiday ensures a nationwide participation in the festivities and pride in the red, white and blue. Town of Farragut has participated in the federal holiday for the past 26 years with annual Independence Day Parade. The event stretches from the Farragut High School entrance at the Kingston Pike-Lendon Welch Way intersection to Boring Road in front of the old Ingles parking lot. Local businesses, school children, bands, dance groups, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Town officials and others sign up to participate in the parade down the See CELEBRATE on Page 2C
INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENTS Thursday, July 3 Events
fireworks will take place in the church parking lot.
Red, White & Blues Pre-Independence Day Community Picnic
Independence Day Firework Celebration
Location: 11863 Kingston Pike (adjacent to grounds of farragutpress office) 6:30 p.m. $5 for adults, $3 for youth ages 12 and younger, free ages 2 and younger Live music, food and drink vendors, dancing, watermelon-eating contests and more will be available.
Location: Tennessee Smokies Stadium (3540 Line Drive, Kodak) 7:15 p.m. Ticket Cost Watch the Tennessee Smokies play Montgomery and a fireworks show.
Fireworks at the Junction
Farragut Independence Day Parade
Location: Two Rivers Church (275 Harrison Lane) 7 p.m. Free. Music, family games and activities, and
Friday, July 4 Events Location: Parade will begin at Kingston PikeLendon Welch Way intersection (Farragut High School entrance) and stretch to Boring Road (old Ingles parking lot) 9:30 a.m. Free
Bring the chairs and blankets to watch the FHS Marching Admirals Band, floats, animals, dance groups, elected officials and more. Kingston Pike will be closed from 8:30 a.m. until noon from Concord Road to Boring Road.
Fox Den Country Club Fireworks Location: Fox Den Country Club (12284 North Fox Den Drive) Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m. Fox Den Country Club will host its annual Independence Day celebration beginning with a buffet at 6 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. The actual club events are restricted to members, but the fireworks are shot off for the surrounding area to enjoy.
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Gatlinburg Midnight Parade, River Raft Regatta and Fireworks Show
Powell July 4th Parade
12 a.m. until noon, fireworks begin at 10 p.m. Join the typical 100,000 spectators for midnight parade, watch or participate in the raft race and enjoy music entertainment and a fireworks show to conclude the daylong affair.
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Festival on the 4th Location: World’s Fair Park (1600 Worlds Fair Park Drive) 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. Free The 30th annual festival is rain or shine and includes a fireworks show at approximately 9:35 p.m. Free parking will be available.
Firecracker Run and Parade Location: Broadway Street, Lenoir City 11 a.m. Free The half-mile fun-run for children ages 5 to 12 kicks off the annual parade.
Oak Ridge Community Band Independence Day Concert
Location: Emory Road at Food City 11 a.m. Free Enjoy a parade with floats, family activities, a children’s zone, food and more.
Smokin’ the Water July 4th Celebration and Anvil Shoot Location: Museum of Appalachia (2819 Andersonville Highway) 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Admission: $20 for adults, $10 for youth, $6 for children, free for children 5 and younger and museum members The Museum of Appalachia will host patriotic ceremonies, mountain music, Liberty Bell replication ringing, back porch grilling and an anvil shooting.
Patriot Festival in Pigeon Forge
Location: AK Bissell Park 7:30 until 10 p.m. Free Enjoy a free concert and the Oak Ridge City Fireworks Display afterwards featuring music from
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Pike, handing out beads, flags, food and more. The pride does not cease with the parade, though — flags and patriotic décor line household gardens and
Location: Patriot Park Early afternoon until 10 p.m. Enjoy live music featuring Lonestar and others, followed by an “extravagant fireworks show.”
front doors throughout the neighborhoods; the Town hangs flags throughout the Farragut limits; local Ruritan Club members set up American flags in the front lawn of participating businesses. The Farragut community is just a small corner representation to how the rest of the nation participates
Kingston City Park Vendors will start selling at 10 a.m. and fireworks start at dusk Free, $2 donations will be accepted The celebration will include boater heats, music, food vendors, a children’s zone and a fireworks show.
Saturday, July 5 Rockin’ the Docks Location: Lenoir City Park Vendors set up at 1 p.m., live music at 5 p.m. and fireworks extravaganza at 10 p.m. Free Join the Rockin’ the Docks party by lawn chair, blanket or boat for a night of entertainment.
in the celebration of Independence Day. The celebrations do not end when July 4 gets marked off the calendar, nor do they only take place on the actual fourth. The countless surrounding area festivities are just some of thousands around the country that
start as early as July 3 and continue until July 5. Be a part of the American pride by choosing which of farragutpress’s list of nearby parades, races, events, entertainment and fireworks shows to attend this Independence Day.
Meadow View services make gardening easy Making decisions on what to plant, how to plant or where to plant a garden can be daunting; consulting with the experts at Meadow View Greenhouse & Garden Center will make the process much easier. Meadow View is an 18 year old family business operated by Rodney and Lisa Grugin who have created a destination garden center cleverly tucked back off Highway 11E in Lenoir City. Whether a novice or experienced gardener, you can find everything you need to achieve your horticultural goals. If the garden center doesn’t have what you are looking for, they will help you find it. “We offer a variety of services to help customers be successful with their gardening and to keep them informed,” Lisa Grugin said. These services include workshops, with guest speakers who discuss topics that include organic gardening, container gardening with miniature plants, pruning basics and much more. “One of the most important issues we are working with now is diagnosing plants for problems caused by fungus and insects due to the harsh winter, rain and heat. This has been a bad year for insects and fungus,” Lisa Grugin said. She also is concerned that while there has been a lot of rain this year, people are being lulled into a false sense of security and will not water their gardens enough when the rains stop later in the summer. She adds that
“plants need about one inch of rainfall per week.” The Grugins and their trained personnel (which occasionally includes their four children) also will work with you on landscape design and help you select the right plants for a beautiful, healthy garden. In order to do that, they need to know the location of the area, the amount of water it will get and how much sun it will receive and at what part of the day. They take into consideration the condition of the soil, surrounding landscape, existing plants and the time to be devoted to care and maintenance. “Our customers bring us pictures and measurements and we help with the plans and designs. For large projects we give them names of local landscapers we trust for installations,” Lisa Grugin said. The Grugins’ experience and expertise is based on knowledge gained from the family farm business that began in the 1800s in Pall Mall. Today Lisa Grugin’s siblings operate the farm and PWP greenhouses, where many of the annuals, perennials and vegetables at Meadow View are grown. For more information, visit Meadow View Greenhouse & Garden Center at 9885 Highway 11E, Lenoir City, open from 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Call 865-986-7229 or visit the website at http://www.meadowviewgreenhouse.com
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Meadow View employees, clockwise from top: Matt Scott, Adam Eichelberger and Jeanie House holding Buttercup.
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