Cannon County started the fourth of July celebration this past weekendwith a successful Fireworks show and Lions Club horse show. Now it’s time
for the rest of the area to celebrate the Fourth Of July.
Celebration Under the Stars will be held at McKnight Park besides Sports
Com at DeJarnette Lane beginning at 5 p.m. Monday, with family games and
activities lasting until 8 p.m. The colors will be presented and a singing
of the national anthem will take place from 8 to 9 p.m. with the
Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra. Fireworks will begin at 9 p.m.
Rock the Pool at SportsCom will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., with
music, games, prizes and free water exercise demonstrations from 10 a.m.
to 5:45 p.m. The fee is SportsCom water park admission.
The Stones River Chapter of the Military Officer’s Association of America
will be collecting old, unused or broken cell phones and recycling them in
exchange for prepaid phone cards for use by our troops in Afghanistan.
They will have drop boxes at McKnight park during the July Fourth
activities. Parking will be available at McKnight Park and Rover will be
running shuttles from Irongate Boulevard by the post office.
Other fireworks shows around the Cannon County area tonight include a
fireworks show starting at 9 tonight at the Manchester Recreation Complex
Area in Manchester Tennessee. City of McMinnville and Warren County will
have their fireworks show also starting at 9:00 at the McMinnville Civic
Center
