Fourth of July in Elmwood Park was billed as a “day of pleasure,” with village celebrations that began with a parade and ended with fireworks.
Scores of individuals lined the route early July 4 because the annual parade stepped off from 78th and Fullerton avenues, rolled up seventy fifth Avenue and down Diversey Avenue, over to Sundown Drive the place it ended at Village Corridor.
Later within the day, one other village staple and neighborhood occasion was deliberate at Elmwood Park Excessive College.
That celebration included a stay efficiency by Starlight Metropolis band.
The band’s two-hour set was the lead as much as the village’s fireworks present — which closed out the night time.
Spectators watch as floats drive alongside the parade route throughout a Fourth of July parade in Elmwood Park on July 4, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for Pioneer Press)Shawn Schrader fingers out flags to spectators previous to the Fourth of July parade in Elmwood Park on July 4, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for Pioneer Press)Carmen Robles , from left, and Elizabeth Cruz wave American flags through the Fourth of July parade in Elmwood Park on July 4, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for Pioneer Press)Alexis Casdana, of the Elmwood Park Excessive College Marching Band, wears patriotic glasses through the Fourth of July parade in Elmwood Park July 4, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for Pioneer Press)Elmwood Park Village President Angelo Saviano waves to spectators through the Fourth of July parade in Elmwood Park on July 4, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for Pioneer Press)Jaxson Michalski, of Elmwood Park, grabs sweet through the Fourth of July parade in Elmwood Park on July 4, 2024. (Trent Sprague/for Pioneer Press)
