{"id":348570,"date":"2026-06-24T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348570\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:47:19","slug":"the-city-of-victoria-celebrates-america-250-with-parade-and-fir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/348570\/","title":{"rendered":"The City of Victoria Celebrates \u2018America 250\u2019 With Parade And Fir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not only is the Fourth of July on a Saturday this year, but it’s also America’s 250th birthday. The City of Victoria Parks & Recreation and Discover Victoria will be celebrating the \u00a0Fourth of July with the City\u2019s traditional fireworks spectacle, plus a special parade and more, in honor of America\u2019s 250th.<\/p>\n

The Fourth of July festivities start on Saturday morning at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

The public is invited to show their red, white, and blue spirit at the America 250 Parade at 10 a.m. July 4 in downtown Victoria.<\/p>\n

The morning will start out with the national anthem by Tertia Cain, local vocal artist and Cuero High School choir director. The parade will proceed along Main Street and Bridge Street (between Goodwin Avenue and Church Street).<\/p>\n

Enjoy performances from the Sons of the American Revolution that will give a historical feel to the event. The Daughters of the American Revolution will also dedicate the \u201cAmerica 250 Patriots Plaque\u201d at De Leon Plaza.<\/p>\n

America 250 Blastoff Fireworks Celebration<\/p>\n

The America 250 Blastoff Celebration, presented by Del Papa Distributing Co., will kick off at 5 p.m. July 4 at the Gary Moses Community Center with live music, inflatables, and food trucks. Ice chests are not allowed. Kids can enjoy giveaways from Discover Victoria, Texas, while supplies last.<\/p>\n

Scheduled to perform on the 4th of July.\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Logan Gisler & the Well Diggers (5 p.m.)\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Crowbars Band (6:30 p.m.)\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 LC Rocks (8 p.m.)<\/p>\n

The fireworks will begin at 9:30 p.m. Both of these events are free!<\/p>\n

Don’t forget about the Night Tunes street dance series, happening this Summer.<\/p>\n

\"Talk<\/p>\n

Things Only Victorians Will Understand <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not only is the Fourth of July on a Saturday this year, but it’s also America’s 250th birthday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-348570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}