7/4/22
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, plenty of people will be heading to Staunton to celebrate the Fourth of July because Happy Birthday America is back.
Langdon Reid of the group Wilson-Fairchild told Jim Britt recently on Early Mornings that it was important to keep this event going after their parents, who were part of the Statler Brothers, began it in 1970.
Festivities actually began Friday with the beauty pageant followed by a Vesper Service Saturday.
The bulk of the events will be on today with a 5K race as well as the parade in the morning and highlighted by the concerts at John Moxie Stadium this evening.
Here’s today schedule of events
Monday, July 4
7:30 AM – Firecracker 5k Run
10:00 AM – Happy Birthday America Parade
Immediately after parade – Parent-Child baseball game
2:00 PM – Stonewall Brigade Band (Gypsy Hill Park Bandstand)
Main stage on baseball field – FREE/No tickets required (Bring your own lawn chair)
2:00 PM – Jack and Davis Reid
3:30 PM – Prime
5:15 PM – Spencer Hatcher and the Ol’ Son Gang
7:30 – 9:30 PM Feature performance by Wilson Fairchild with
special guest Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
9:30 PM Salute to Veterans
9:45 PM Taps / retiring of the colors
10:00 PM Fireworks
