Apple Valley Fireworks

The evening of July 4, 2015, I was the guest of  my friend Mike McClain and his family at the Apple Valley fireworks display in Knox County, Ohio. We sat across the lake from the display and got some great shots. We also had a sort of cook out before hand

4th of July, 2015

July 4, 2015 was a pretty busy day for me! It started about 10:30 in the morning when my aide helped me wheel up the hill into downtown Gambier, all 2 blocks of it. Gambier has the only 4th of July parade in Knox County. What it lacks in size it makes up for in enthusiasm! Before the parade begins there is a program which begins with Mayor Kirk Emmert reading several proclamations, the reading of several patriotic poems and an essay by the Mayor,a professor at Kenyon College, on the Constitution. The Gambier Citizen of the Year was then announced. This year's recipient was P.F. Kluge, writer and - as explained by the mayor-town gossip!!!
The parade itself is made up of about half the residents of Gambier with the other half watching. And a good time was had by all!!