Freedomfest to celebrate America’s 250th birthday

ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE BURDEN SHOULD NOT FALL ON AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. ALL RIGHT, IT IS A HOLIDAY WEEK AND YOU CAN CELEBRATE AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY ON THE TREASURE COAST WITH A FULL DAY OF PATRIOTIC FUN. JOINING ME NOW IS NAN KRUSZYNSKI, SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR IN PORT SAINT LUCIE. THAT TIME OF YEAR, ONCE AGAIN, A BIG CELEBRATION THIS YEAR FOR THE 250TH BIRTHDAY. I MEAN WE’RE GOING BIG. GO BIG OR GO HOME, RIGHT? YEAH. TELL ME ABOUT IT. WELL, WE YOU KNOW, WE JUST COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO REALLY CELEBRATE THE WAY WE SHOULD. SO WE BROUGHT IN MIGHTY MAX WEINBERG. WE’RE BRINGING HIM IN. HE’S THE DRUMMER FOR THE E STREET BAND. THAT’S AWESOME. YEAH. HE’S ALSO A ROCK HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, LATE SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN. SO IT’S REALLY GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. WE’RE ALSO ADDING DRONES THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE’S GOT THE FIREWORKS, BUT THIS YEAR WE’RE WE’RE ADDING THIS REALLY FANTASTIC ELEMENT OF. AND WHEN YOU SAY DRONES, IS THIS A DRONE SHOW OR WE SEE THAT. THAT’S AMAZING. IT’S A DRONE SHOW. AND SO IT’S GOING TO ARE THE STORYBOARD ARC IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION AND THE FLAG CHANGING FROM THE, 13, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE’RE REALLY GOING TO WE’RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN. AND YOU ALSO HAVE A FIVE K RUN WALK AS WELL. WE DO. RIGHT. GOING TO START EARLY. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO JUST GET OUT THERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AND SO WE IN FLORIDA WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THIS RUN STARTS AT 7:00. AND YOU KNOW IT’S A FIVE K. JUST REALLY LET PEOPLE CELEBRATE. AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO IF PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE PART IN THAT EVENT, DO THEY CAN THEY SIGN UP DAY OF OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU WANT THEM TO REGISTER FOR? WELL, THE REGISTER IN ADVANCE WOULD BE BEST, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY SIGN UP WHEN YOU GET THERE. BUT YOU CAN GO ON TO THE CITY’S WEBSITE AND SIGN UP FROM THAT LINK. OKAY. SO TELL US WHEN THE BIG TIME FESTIVITIES START, WHEN YOU THINK FAMILIES WOULD MAYBE WANT TO COME OUT SO THEY CAN SEE THE FIREWORKS AND ENJOY A LITTLE BIT OF ACTIVITY BEFORE THE BIG SHOW. YEAH. SO WE START AT FIVE AND WE START WITH A REALLY GREAT BAND CALLED GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME CONTESTS IN BETWEEN BETWEEN GIRLFRIEND MATERIAL AND MAX WEINBERG. AND THEN WE HEAD RIGHT INTO MAX FINISHES. WE GO RIGHT INTO THE DRONES, AND THEN CRASH, BOOM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE. I LOVE THE FIREWORKS. WE REALLY IT’S JUST GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY OF HOW THEY CELEBRATED THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY IN PORT SAINT LUCIE. I THINK YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EMCEE WHO’S GOING TO BE HELPING OUT WITH THE EVENT AS WELL. MISTER STEVEN GRAVES. YES. SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS COMING. YEAH, THAT’LL BE WONDERFUL. THERE’S SO MANY AMAZING THINGS. YOUR CITY IS GROWING AT RECORD SPEEDS, AND SO IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST YEAR FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PRICE OF THE EVENT? BEING KID FRIENDLY, PARKING AND SO FORTH. FREE, FREE FREE FREE PARKING. FREE ADMISSION. THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS PAY FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE. FANTASTIC. YEAH. JUST COME IN. THERE’S PLENTY OF PARKING THROUGHOUT THE SITE. THERE’S, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF SPOTS ON THE SITE. AND THEN JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY, RIGHT? JUST COME AND BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND PLAY AND CELEBRATE A ONCE IN A LIFETIME. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. NO. YOU’RE RIGHT. WE’VE BEEN PREPPING FOR IT, SO IT’LL BE A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT DRONE SHOW. I KNOW STEVE WILL PUT A LOT OF STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WILL BE FUN TO SEE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BIG EVENT, FREEDOM FEST FOR THE 250TH, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WPBF.COM. WE PUT A LINK TO PORT SAINT LUCIE, THEIR WEBSITE TO TALK ALL ABOUT IT. TIMES, PARKING EVENTS. BUT IT’S DEFINITELY KID FRIENDLY. BRING OUT T

Enjoy a full day of patriotic fun at the Port St. Lucie Freedomfest on July 4. Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Click here for all the details of the event. Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.

Enjoy a full day of patriotic fun at the Port St. Lucie Freedomfest on July 4.

Stay up to date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25

Click here for all the details of the event.

Get the latest weather updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.