Veterans experience on a float within the annual East Bend God and Nation Parade held Saturday.
It was a day of celebration all through Yadkin County with each East Bend and Yadkinville hosted parades and festivities in honor of Independence Day.
The much-beloved God and Nation Parade in East Bend resumed its regular date the Saturday earlier than the Fourth of July after a two-year hiatus and date change because of the pandemic. The sidewalks and alongside Principal Road have been stuffed will people watching the parade go by and loads of kids desirous to catch sweet thrown from floats. The parade was adopted by a day-long celebration with music, distributors and extra on the grounds at East Bend Elementary Faculty. A night fireworks show behind the East Bend Senior Heart concluded the day’s celebration.
Yadkinville’s festivities kicked off late within the afternoon with dwell music and meals vans. The sidewalks in downtown rapidly stuffed up simply earlier than the night parade at 7 p.m. Church and sports activities group floats, firetrucks, bikes and extra paraded down the road with flags waving and sweet thrown to kids. Simply after darkish the fireworks started to shut out the day of celebration for the nation’s birthday.
