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4th Of July

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Your Guide To Mentor's Fourth Of July

City will celebrate the holiday with annual parade, fireworks show

The city of Mentor will celebrate the Fourth of July with a pair of local traditions -- this afternoon's parade through the Headlands neighborhood and the fireworks show tonight. The parade will begin at noon at the intersection of Forest and Garden roads before heading east on Garden, then north on Corduroy and ending at Lake Overlook and Corduroy Road. This year's parade will have the theme "celebrating 60 years of an American tradition." Then the fireworks show will begin at 9:50 p.m. on the property of Mentor High School. (Beforehand, the Mentor Fire Department will be giving demonstrations on how to do hands-only CPR in front of Fire Station Five.) Here are a few spots in the city that make for prime firework watching: An important …

Listen: Your Favorite Songs for 4th of July Festivities

We asked you to submit your favorite patriotic tunes and created a Spotify playlist.

Happy 4th of July! Whether you plan to celebrate America's freedom by watching a parade or two, having a cookout, oohing and ahhing at fireworks or just hanging out by the pool, we wanted to make sure you had the soundtrack for it. Last week, we asked you to submit your favorite patriotic songs. We compiled them into a Spotify playlist and now we're giving it back to you. Note: To listen to the playlist, you must be a Spotify user. To play, click the "Play" button at the top of the list and it should launch your Spotify application. If the playlist doesn't load, try clicking "Play" with Spotify already open. Happy listening and have a great holiday!

JC

4:16 pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Glad to see Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" there. That song should be our national anthem.   more ›

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