Call for Volunteers! The Pittsfield 4th of July Parade Committee is looking for volunteers to help make the July 4th Parade bigger and better than ever. While the exciting event occurs on a single day, the planning, preparation and fundraising takes nearly a whole year. Exploring the complex relationship between Black Americans and the Fourth of July, highlighting the history of slavery and the Declaration of Independence. The People’s Union USA is organizing a boycott of traditional Independence Day activities and spending on July 4th. The boycott is in response to ICE arrests, corporate actions, protest backlash The City’s Fourth of July events are organized and overseen by Lexington’s Division of Parks & Recreation. “Our five days of Fourth of July events bring our community together,” said Lexington Director of Parks and Recreation Monica Conrad. “Parade participation and festival art market applications are open. An organizer with the Great Plains Action Society, an Indigenous-led social justice nonprofit, called an incident at Muscatine’s Fourth of July parade a “wildly distasteful act” and said it perpetuated “great harm” to Natives. “It was stunningly abhorrent, racist, and discriminatory.” This is not the first time the Lake Bluff Lawn Mower Precision Drill Team has mocked racial minorities in their parade themes. The group’s Facebook page has photos of alleged members dressed as Arab sheikhs in past celebrations. America’s National Independence Day Parade takes place annually on July 4th at 11:45 am in Washington, D.C., on Constitution Avenue from 7th to 17th Street before a street audience of hundreds of thousands of spectators. The Heartland, with patriotism in the blood, takes the Fourth of July holiday seriously, and there are many ways that rural communities like to celebrate. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Thursday marks the first day of the inaugural July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course, which will feature four days of racing and patriotic festivities. The The activist group People’s Union USA, the same organization that has organized boycotts of Walmart, McDonald’s and Target, is now asking Americans to sit out Independence Day. No parades. An organizer with the Great Plains Action Society, an Indigenous-led social justice nonprofit, called an incident at Muscatine’s Fourth of July parade a “wildly distasteful act” and said it perpetuated “great harm” to Natives. During the parade, Megan Burton, who appears to be a white An advocacy group is calling for a nationwide boycott on the upcoming July 4th holiday and said it is "the most important boycott of the year." Two Black men — one enslaved and one free — led a march of 75 enslaved people who attempted to make their way to free territory in Prince George’s County. However, a group of white men on Hillsboro Rotary 4th of July Parade Information Since 1926 the Hillsboro Rotary Club has produced the annual 4th of July Parade in downtown Hillsboro. The parade will be held on Friday, July 4, 2025, and will kick off promptly at 10 am. A Fourth of July parade on the North Shore criticized multiple times in the past for racist messages and personal attacks on citizens carried on this year, even though it had reportedly The group of about five people — including one man with a bullhorn — were blocked off by both protesters and police. Speakers from the church group appeared to be trying to provoke a confrontation, shouting racist diatribes and insulting protestors. The same advocacy group that has attempted to organize boycotts of big-box retailers is calling for the boycott of America's birthday celebrations and fireworks shows. The People's Union USA, a BITS & BYTES: Pittsfield’s Fourth of July Parade; ‘We Are America Too’ at Installation Space; Fourth of July at Norman Rockwell Museum; Balla Kouyaté at The Clark; Fourth of July at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival; Berkshire Theatre Group and West Side Legends present ‘Glory’; July 4th reenactment at Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum; Berkshire Arts Festival; Left Field presents The Marblehead Police Department would like to share the following information regarding traffic patterns ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. Over the Fourth of July weekend and on the Fourth of July, there will be several public events throughout the Town of Marblehead for residents to enjoy. Protesters believed to be affiliated with the White supremacist group Patriot Front march near the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee State Capitol.
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