Here's a rundown of Fourth of July events and festivities in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.
Toledo: Celebration starting at 1 p.m. today will feature music, dancers, and the Toledo School of the Arts orchestra at Promenade Park. In Festival Park there will be a children's area with amusement rides, an arts and crafts tent, and costumed characters. Fireworks at 10 p.m. will be simulcast on WIOT-FM (104.7).
Adrian: Parade at 1 p.m. today starts at Maumee and Greenly streets and ends at the Lenawee County Fairgrounds, where there will be fireworks at 10 p.m.
Blissfield: Fireworks at dusk July 9 at Clara Bachmayer and Ellis Parks.
Bowling Green: Fireworks at dusk tonight at the BGSU intramural fields.
Findlay: Fireworks at 10 p.m. tonight at the Hancock County Fairgrounds on East Sandusky Street.
Fremont: Parade at 5 p.m today starts at Birchard Park and ends at Rodger Young Park. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
Lima: Fireworks at 10 p.m. tonight at Faurot Park.
Marblehead: Fireworks at 9:45 tonight at the Lakeside Pavilion.
Napoleon: Fireworks at 10 tonight at Glenwood Park.
Norwalk: Parade at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow starts at Main Street School and ends at the Huron County Fairgrounds. Fireworks at dusk.
Ottawa: Celebration at 7 p.m. July 11 at Country Acres Golf Club on State Rt. 694. Fireworks at 10 p.m.
Port Clinton: Fireworks at dusk tonight at Waterworks Park.
Perrysburg: War of 1812 reenactment today at Fort Meigs State Memorial. Park is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ceremony at 2 p.m. today.
Portage: Parade at 11 a.m. today starts at Whitacre Trucking and goes down State Rt. 25 to Enright Park.
Put-in-Bay: Naturalization ceremony for new citizens at 10:55 a.m. today at Perry's Memorial monument. Hourly interpretive talks and musket- firing demonstrations until 5 p.m. Fireworks at dusk.
Tiffin: Fireworks at dusk tonight at Hedges-Boyer Park.
Toledo: Live music and fireworks starting at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Calvary Assembly of God. Also, Vietnam War Memorial replica on display until 4 p.m. today at Westgate Village Shopping Center.
Van Wert: Fireworks at dusk tonight at Van Wert Regional Airport. Parade at 11 a.m. tomorrow starts at East Main and Cherry streets.
Waterville: Fireworks at 10 tonight behind firehouse.
Wauseon: Fireworks at 10 tonight at Wauseon High School.