Mansfield holds Fourth of July celebrations

MANSFIELD, Pa. ( WETM ) — The Mansfield Chamber of Commerce is holding its annual Fourth of July celebration at Smythe Park this year.

The events kicked off the night before on Wednesday, July 3, with a bike decorating contest and an awards ceremony at the Gate House to follow. The rest of the night was filled with festivities including vendors with food, games, horses and crafts. An art auction also ran until 7 p.m.

To end the night, there was a Highlanders Bag Pipe concert at the Lions Pavilion at 7 p.m. followed by an outdoor movie in the park.

The festivities kicked off again this morning on Thursday, July 4, with the Lions chicken BBQ at 10:30 a.m. The annual parade, themed this year “Thankful for Our Small Towns” began at 11 a.m. and featured multiple organizations, businesses, area fire departments and a couple of marching bands.

At noon, the celebration continued with more vendors, a beer garden, another art auction, a YMCA kids carnival, a bingo tent, and a soap box race. A veterans salute was held at the Lions Pavilion at 1 p.m.

After the veteran’s salute, live performances took place throughout the day beginning at 1:30 p.m. Artists Kres Kilmer, Ketcher Beals, Chris Eckert and Aaron Kelly were all a part of the lineup.

The celebrations will end tonight at sunset with fireworks in Smythe Park.

A gallery of photos from the parade can be found below.

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