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6.28.2014

Southport NC – Get Ready for Some Red White and Blue!

keziah2If you fancy a simpler time… if you still like parades and pageantry, , music and street dances, the smell of greasy food, kids and parents in their finest patriotic colors, well you might just like what the has to offer. I'm pretty sure there's not a birthday celebration anywhere quite like it.

Come down today and see the crowd favorite … It will be a heated one this year… literally. The forecast calls for a little break in the heat, with a chance of thunderstorms to cool things off. This is good news for the firemen in full turn-out gear. On July 2-4, there will be starting at 1 pm at the Garrison and the Waterfront Stage. The popular on the Garrison lawn for 5 and under and the Waterfront Park for kids 6-11 is Thursday, with registration at 8am and free t-shirts to the early birds.  Also on Thursday at the Garrison is the always moving starting at 4pm. This year the 4th falls on a Friday and North Carolina's largest and oldest starts at 11AM. No matter how many times you see it, it is ALWAYS a huge crowd-pleaser. The bands, the belles, the clowns, the Shriners, the dancers, and much more, make for an all around old-fashioned good time. And then for my favorite event of all, there is nothing like lying on a blanket by the water, looking out at all the boats anchored in the river, listening to the last band, waiting on darkness to fall, and hearing that first BOOOOM… and the begin! After 30 years, I never get tired of it. One little insider tip for those driving in, park on the EAST side of Howe St. facing out of town so you'll be making rights headed out. You'll find your traffic time cut in half when you are getting out after the fireworks. Click to see a map of this year's traffic flow patterns. Be safe out there and "let freedom ring." Happy Birthday America.

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