The half-hour July 4 show in Oak Ridge features many colorful fireworks at A.K. Bissell Park. (Photo by Charles Samuels)
Thousands of people watch the annual fireworks show in Oak Ridge. (Photo by John Norris)
Thousands of people turned out Wednesday in Oak Ridge and Kingston to enjoy Independence Day celebrations and July 4 fireworks.
Here is a compilation of reader-submitted photos and a few taken by Oak Ridge Today.
The Oak Ridge Community Band will play its Independence Day concert at 7:30 p.m. July 4 at A.K. Bissell Park.
The free concert, which will precede the city’s fireworks display, will feature the traditional “1812 Overture,” Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” some swing, Gershwin’s best pieces, a medley of Henry Mancini’s tunes, and “even some Glenn Miller big band tunes,” a press release said.
The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the A.K. Bissell Park Pavilion. (Submitted photo)
Two local Memorial Day ceremonies will pay tribute to U.S. military personnel.
The first ceremony will be held at the Veterans Memorial in front of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton at 10 a.m. Monday. Tennessee Sen. Randy McNally, an Oak Ridge Republican, will be the guest speaker.
The second ceremony will feature the Oak Ridge Community Band in a free performance at 7 p.m. Monday at A.K. Bissell Park.
