{"id":26051,"date":"2018-07-06T16:07:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26051"},"modified":"2018-07-06T16:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T21:07:51","slug":"city-of-clarksville-puts-on-spectacular-independence-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/07\/06\/city-of-clarksville-puts-on-spectacular-independence-day-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Clarksville puts on spectacular Independence Day Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>City of Clarksville Independence Day Celebration<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-299103\" title=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Clarksville-Parks-and-Recreation-Department.jpg\" alt=\"Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department\" width=\"240\" height=\"96\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The City of Clarksville commemorated the July 4th holiday with their 11th annual Independence Day Celebration at Liberty Park on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018. Festivities began at 5:30pm with kids activities and music at the Liberty Park Amphitheater.<\/p>\n<p>The free concert was part of Clarksville\u2019s Road to Riverfest concert series. The 101st Airborne Division Band kicked things off and then at 8:00pm, Carl Wockner took the stage playing his own style of acoustical folk\/pop music.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_428499\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-Clarksville-Independence-Day-Celebration-51.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428499\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-428499\" title=\"City of Clarksville's Independence Day Celebration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2018-Clarksville-Independence-Day-Celebration-51-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"City of Clarksville's Independence Day Celebration\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-428499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City of Clarksville&#8217;s Independence Day Celebration<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tonight is just fantastic. Great crowd, great weather and right now were listening to some wonderful music as we wait for the fireworks show,&#8221; said Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan. &#8220;What great time to be in Clarksville Tennessee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Activities included a sack race, patriotic balloon pop, most patriotic person contest and a corn hole contest where the first 50 winners received a gift card.<\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of food and beverages to be purchased. Some of the vendors included North Meets South, Rollin Ridge, La Casa Taqueria, D&amp;B Concessions, So Yum and Off the Hook Concessions. Beer was also available for purchase. The hamburgers were really good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a lot of great activities as well as the free concert going on tonight,&#8221; stated Robert Rayburn, Clarksville Parks and Recreation Event Planning Supervisor. &#8220;It&#8217;s great to see so many people come out and have a good time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just before the fireworks show at 9:15pm, Mayor McMillan announced that the headliner for the 2018 Riverfest would be Sister Hazel.<\/p>\n<p>It was one spectacular fireworks show and lasted about 15 minutes. Afterwards, the clapping and roar from those in attendance showed how much everyone loved the event.<\/p>\n<p>Clarksville Parks and Recreation always puts on a great Independence Day Celebration and this year&#8217;s was on exception. This event just keeps getting bigger and better each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Clarksville Independence Day Celebration Clarksville, TN &#8211; The City of Clarksville commemorated the July 4th holiday with their 11th annual Independence Day Celebration at Liberty Park on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018. Festivities began at 5:30pm with kids activities and music at the Liberty Park Amphitheater. 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