{"id":362109,"date":"2026-07-05T21:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362109\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T21:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:24:35","slug":"lubbock-celebrates-americas-250th-birthday-at-fourth-on-broadway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362109\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock celebrates America\u2019s 250th birthday at Fourth on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; It was a very special Fourth on Broadway on Saturday as Lubbock residents lined the streets to celebrate 250 years of American independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The celebration drew residents to the streets Saturday for a day of Independence Day festivities, including a parade featuring floats and cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The winning float featured a design portraying the Boston Tea Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">One attendee, identified on screen as a parade-goer, said the celebration carried personal and national significance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m so excited celebrating the 250, the freedom we have here in this country and I give all the honor and glory to God,\u201d one attendee said. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful to be here celebrating with family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Another said, \u201cIt\u2019s a family tradition that we have. It started since we were young and now we get to bring our own kids to come out here and just seeing the evolution of how our parade started when I was younger to now as a parent, it\u2019s really cool to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mayor McBrayer spoke about what the country\u2019s 250th anniversary means for the next generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than the smiling faces of kids,\u201d Mayor McBrayer said, \u201cThey\u2019re happy. They represent our future and we want it to be a happy and fulfilling future for them,\u201d she said. \u201c250 is really a repromising for them, everything that America is and that\u2019s going to still be there for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; It was a very special Fourth on Broadway on Saturday as Lubbock residents lined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-362109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362109","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=362109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}