THE FOLLOWING IS A DANVILLE TOWNSHIP RELEASE (plus additional fireworks information from VermilionCountyFirst.com)
Danville Township continues its decades-long tradition of sponsoring the fireworks display at one of the Danville Dans games during the week of Independence Day at Danville Stadium. This year’s game will be on Thursday night, July 2nd. The Township is celebrating its 175th birthday along with America’s 250th. A brief history of the Township will be given just prior to the fireworks. Danville Township was one of the original four townships founded in Vermilion County. It covers the same 50.1 square mile area that it did in 1851 and has the largest population of the 19 Townships in Vermilion County. Offices are located at 18 Southgate Drive in Tilton.
OTHER SCHEDULED EVENTS WITH FIREWORKS SHOWS include:
Friday July 3rd at the Soccer Fields in Hoopeston
Saturday July 4th 6 to 10 PM at the MUSIC FEST at St. Thomas Park in Tilton; fireworks will be at dusk
Saturday July 4th at Covington City Park, with the fireworks scheduled for 10 PM Eastern Time
Saturday July 4th in Homer, with fireworks at Dusk as part of their three-day celebration
Saturday July 4th at the “Old Fashioned” Fourth of July at Christman Park in Rossville
Saturday July 4th at the celebration at East South Main Street in Oakwood
And, of course, July 11th at the Gao Grotto in Danville.
REMEMBER, AS ALWAYS, HAVE A SAFE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY; AND LEAVE THE FIREWORKS TO THE EXPERTS.
