A full slate of holiday activities

7/4/2004

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.