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Celebrate July 4 in Indee Posted 22 June 2008 Organizers behind the annual July 4th celebration in Independence say the event will be held as planned downtown and in Riverwalk Parks. With other Cedar Valley July 4 events now cancelled due to  the extreme flooding, local committee members are anticipating an extra-large crowd for this year's events. The celebration begins Thursday, July 3, with free pork burgers at Riverwalk Parks with a non-perishable food donation, the Pig Out Challenge and the World Championship pork burger eating contests. There will also be live music starting at 5 p.m. in downtown Independence. On Friday, the 148th-annual July 4th parade starts at 9 a.m., followed by fun in the park, including the reading of the Declaration of Independence, the Budweiser Coed Sand-Shootout Volleyball Tournament, the FunZone, a variety of live music and the ever-so-grand fireworks at 10 p.m. On Saturday, the Farmer's Market begins at 8 a.m. at the Mill. At 10 a.m. begins the Indee Firecracker Open Golf Tournament and that evening will be IMCA Races at Independence Motor Speedway. On Sunday, July 6, the Chamber of Commerce Ambassador's Ham & Cheese Breakfast will be at the Mill from 8 a.m. to noon. An ecumenical church service will take place at Veteran's Park at 9:30 a.m. That evening, there will be a Friends of the Library Patriotic Movie at Riverwalk Parks at 8:30 p.m. For a full list of events, visit www.celebrateindee.com.

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