Pekin is the host of the oldest consecutive 4th of July celebration in the nation!
Schedule of Events:
1:00p.m til 9:00p.m. – Food Court and Flea Market Open
1:00p.m. til 9:00p.m. – Rides, Games
8:00a.m. – Parade line-up at Eastern High School Parking Lot
10:00a.m. – PARADE- Tisha Coles, Coordinator with Family and Friends Theme- 2024 "Celebrating Days Gone By" Grand Marshalls - Immediately after Parade- Invocation by Presentation of “Colors”- Pekin American Legion Post 203 Star Spangled Banner Pledge of Allegiance- Pekin American Legion Post 203 Reading of the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence 2024 Eastern High School Valedictorian- Back Home Again in Indiana Welcome Patrons- Taylor Humphrey, Pekin Community Betterment President Grand Marshall Induction
12:30p.m. – Dollars for Scholars of Eastern High School
1:00p.m. – Prince and Princess Contest on the Pekin Park Stage- Darlene Hall, Coordinator