Fredericksburg,
Virginia Fourth of July Celebration -July 4
7:45 a.m. Heritage Festival Five-Mile Run Begin the 4th with this U.S. Track and
Field-sanctioned event, a five-mile dash through the streets of historic
Fredericksburg. Registration opens
at 6:15 a.m. at the Fredericksburg Visitor Center. The race begins near the railroad station and ends at the
visitor center. Registration forms
are available at the Fredericksburg Visitor Center or Virginia Runner. If you're not in the race, cheer on the
runners!!
Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Host Lions Club.
9:30 a.m. Fifth Annual Heritage Day Parade This annual patriotic hometown parade
through historic downtown Fredericksburg is a festival favorite because anyone
can join in! Organizations
are encouraged to participate. Children, decorate your bikes and join in the fun! The parade is limited to bikes,
strollers, walkers, wagons, a small contingent of Veterans motorcycle groups
and antique cars, and antique rescue vehicles.
For more
information or to register for the parade email Fredericksburg.Jaycees@gmail.com
Sponsored
by the Fredericksburg Jaycees.
10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Festival of the Streets Live entertainment, an antique
pickup truck show, great children's activities, including free pony rides,
large inflatables, PNCs Mobile Learning Adventure for 3, 4, 5 year olds, food
vendors, to include Hard Times Cafe's Award-Winning Chili, and a great craft show. There'll be a raffle for Wii or a giant flat screen
television. Or dunk your favorite
local celebrity in the dunking booth. The Festival of the Streets has a full day of family fun.
The Kiwanis Club will be raffling a 2009 Harley Davidson
Sportster 883 and a 2nd prize of a Carnival Cruise certificate. Tickets are $10
and no more than 1,000 tickets will be sold. Tickets are on sale now and
the drawing will be held during the Festival of the Streets! Contact Jonathan Pittman at
898-4000 for ticket information.
The Stafford Classics Car Club is presenting their second
annual American Automobile Heritage Invitational during the Fredericksburg
Heritage Festival. This year the focus will be on an American icon, the
pickup truck. There will be a diverse representation of a vehicle class
that is distinctively American.
Here's the stage
line-up for the day, all emcee'd by local Today Show SuperStar Anthony Campbell!
10 a.m. to 12 noon Shannon Peterson
acoustic guitar
12 noon Remarks by Mayor Thomas Tomzak, color guard
presentation, patriotic observance
12:15
to 2 p.m. Shannon Peterson
acoustic guitar
2
p.m. to 3 p.m. Carry me back Music
from the 70's, 80's and 90's
3 pm RISUS21 Progressive Rock
Dunk
Your Favorite Local Celebrity!
11 a.m. Joe
Wilson, Owner/CEO PermaTreat Pest Control
11:30 a.m. Tom Tomzak, M.D., Mayor, City
of Fredericksburg
11:45 a.m. Garrett
Tomzak, the Mayor's son
12 noon Hap
Connors, Supervisor, Spotsylvania County
12:30 p.m. Stephen
Batsche, President, Rappahannock United Way
1 p.m. Paul
Akers, Editorial Page Editor, The Free Lance-Star
1:30 p.m. Bob
Hagan, President, Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce
2 p.m. Edie
Gross, Columnist, The Free Lance-Star
2:30 p.m. Kate
Hopper, Rappahannock Rotary's Heritage Day Festival Chair
3 p.m. Matt
Kelly, Councilor, City of Fredericksburg
3:30 p.m. Sheriff
Howard Smith, Spotsylvania County
4 p.m. Sheriff
Charles Jett, Stafford County
Sponsored by the Rappahannock Rotary.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Heritage
Festival Craft Show A myriad of interesting items in
this show that gets better every year. Jewelry, 18th century style
Windsor chairs, garden items, wrought iron, caricatures, lamps, handmade
furniture, soaps and lotions, soy candles, silver creations, vintage music,
pottery, baskets, flowers, pillows, handbags, decoys, totes, lamps and even
more crafts than we list! More than 140 booths.
Sponsored
by Beth Sholom Temple
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.*
Ferry Farm's Fabulous Fourth of July
Be part of the celebration!
Talk with George Washington at the place where he grew up! Interact with
first-person interpreters as they perform 18th-century tasks.
Re-enactors will demonstrate spinning, weaving, laundry, cooking as well as 18th-century
medicine in a surgeon's tent. Visit a Native American Indian village and listen
to American Indian flutist Jim Morehouse. Play games that span five centuries
and make crafts to take home. Relax and enjoy live music. Put your signature on
the Declaration of Independence with a quill pen. At 1:00 p.m., Cub Scout Troop
#199 of Stafford County will retire the American flag that flew over the
archaeology site last year.
Enjoy a variety of good
old-fashioned Fourth of July food from our vendors.
There will be limited parking
on site and trolleys will run from the street festival in downtown
Fredericksburg.
$2.00 per person ages 3 and up. Children under 3 are free.
*Enjoy games, face painting,
crafts and music until 3 p.m.
Sponsored by The George Washington Foundation.
11:30 a.m. 30th Annual Rappahannock River Raft Race Come join the fun and spend the
Fourth of July on the river! This
year's race will begin at the Falmouth Water Front Park and conclude at City
Dock. Raft check-in and
registration will begin at the Falmouth Water Front Park at 7:30 a.m.
Cost:
Register before June 22: Commercial, $50; Club/Organization, $35: Individuals,
$25. Register day of event:
Commercial, $60; Club/Organization, $50; and Individuals, $35.
Raft
classes include Inflatable Hull, Speed, Huck Finn, and Commercial Huck Finn.
Awards will be presented at City Dock shortly after the races conclusion for
the following categories: First
Raft to finish, Winning Time in Each Class, Most Patriotic Raft, and "We didn't
think it would make it, but..."
For
more information or to register, email Fredericksburg.Jaycees@gmail.com.
Sponsored
by the Fredericksburg Jaycees.
6 p.m. "July 4th Spectacular" at Pratt Park Bring
your lawn chairs and picnic dinners (food vendors will be available) and
experience a night of great music and fun for the annual POPS concert.
The University of Mary Washington-Community Symphony, featuring both talented
UMW students as well as community musicians, will perform a mix of patriotic
tunes and audience favorites including John Philip Sousa, John Williams, Andrew
Lloyd Weber and many others, directed by Dr. Kevin Bartram WFLS personality Todd Grimstead will
emcee and baritone Darryl Ott will perform.
Note: NO ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES OR GLASS CONTAINERS MAY BE BROUGHT INTO PRATT PARK. Coolers are subject to
search.
Sponsored by University of Mary Washington Community
Symphony Orchestra, University of Mary Washington Foundation and Stafford
County.
9:15 p.m. The Fireworks Crowning
the entire day's festivities, watch this great display shot from the heights
above the Rappahannock River in Brooks Park. Find one of the best vantage points at the event in Pratt
Park for this excellent show! There will be plenty of free parking.
Please note: Old Mill Park will close at 8 p.m. on July 4 and will
NOT be available as a firework viewing spot.
Sponsored by the Heritage Festival donors
and "Save The Fireworks" sponsors
Please thank and support these Heritage
Festival donors:
City of Fredericksburg
Stafford County Economic
Development and Tourism
Stafford County Parks and
Recreation Department
City of Fredericksburg
Economic Development Authority
Anheuser Busch and the
Budweiser Family of Beers
Fredericksburg Savings
Charitable Trust
PNC Bank
Silver Companies
Party HQ
The Free-Lance Star
The Stafford County Sun
YMCA Butler Road
U.S. Marine Corps
Quantico
"SAVE
THE FIREWORKS SPONSORS"
93.3 WFLS
Classic Rock 96.9
99.3 The Vibe
Barbarian Fight Club
Capital Ale House
Celebrate Virginia Live
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Denny Hamlin's Speed Wash
Fredericksburg Kia
Fredericksburg Motor Sports
Giant Food
Powell's Furniture
Safford Dodge
Trivett's Furniture
Applebee's – Central Park
Cannon Ridge Golf Club
Kalahari Water Park & Resort
Marriott Towne Place Suites
Wally's Homemade Ice Cream Shoppe formerly Lee's Ice Crea
John and Bev Battaglia
Francis M. Dorer Jr.
Glover and Dhank
Barry Newton and Jacqueline Lewis
George and Ruby Newton
Dr. Sam Smart
