The small town really puts on a big show for the 4th of July. The rotary club puts on a pancake breakfast followed by a parade and vintage plane fly over. The planes fly in small groups and go right over the main street.
The parade is unique in my experience as there are wet and dry floats. The dry floats are your typical entries of horses, marchers, classic cars and special interest groups. The wet floats have water tanks on board. The last 2 blocks turn into a giant water fight with the floats firing water at the crowd and the crowd shooting water at the drivers. I have made the mistake of walking back from the store after the parade ended and had buckets of water thrown on me.
The park then puts on a 30 minute firework show. They have a DJ pumping out crappy pop music and big crowds on the grassy areas. We watched from down by the airport this year which avoided the traffic and loud PA speakers.
