{"id":24624,"date":"2021-06-30T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=24624"},"modified":"2021-06-29T14:54:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:54:21","slug":"celebrate-july-4-independence-day-library-hours-local-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24624","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate July 4 (Independence Day)! Library hours, local events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s almost July 4th! How will you celebrate? <strong>Andersen &amp; Lenox libraries will be closed on Mon., July 5th.<\/strong> Then it\u2019s back to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libcal.uww.edu\/hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">normal summer session hours<\/a> as of 8 a.m. on Tues., July 6th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"108\" height=\"133\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/julyfourth.jpg\" alt=\"Flag and fireworks image\">Whitewater&#8217;s festivities have the theme &#8220;Celebrating our Hometown Heroes,&#8221; starting on July 1st with amusement rides in Cravath Lakefront Park. You can see food vendors and all of the festival events <a href=\"http:\/\/whitewater4th.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/whitewater4th.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online<\/a>, featuring the Miss Whitewater Pageant on Friday night, July 2nd, a car show and fireworks on Saturday, July 3rd, and the Whippet City Mile run at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 4th, followed by the parade at noon. Oh, and more fireworks on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out events happening in nearby communities, too: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milton-wi.gov\/4thofjuly\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.milton-wi.gov\/4thofjuly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Milton<\/a> (events July 1-4 include parade on Sunday, July 4th), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofelkhorn.org\/community\/page\/star-spangled-spectacular-fireworks-show\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cityofelkhorn.org\/community\/page\/star-spangled-spectacular-fireworks-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elkhorn<\/a> (music and fireworks on Friday, July 2nd), <a href=\"https:\/\/enjoyjeffersoncounty.com\/news\/4th-of-july-in-jefferson-county-wi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jefferson County<\/a> communities, <a href=\"https:\/\/visitwalworthcounty.wordpress.com\/tag\/fireworks\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/visitwalworthcounty.wordpress.com\/tag\/fireworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walworth County<\/a> communities, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettextra.com\/calendar\/fairs_and_festivals\/independence-day-on-the-rock\/event_6c9f27a6-69b4-11e8-9671-cbc305daf735.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gazettextra.com\/calendar\/fairs_and_festivals\/independence-day-on-the-rock\/event_6c9f27a6-69b4-11e8-9671-cbc305daf735.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Janesville<\/a> (events include a water ski show and fireworks). To find events in other communities, please search the Internet or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uww.edu\/library\/get-help\" target=\"_blank\">ask a librarian<\/a> (call 262.472.1032, come in, email or chat) for assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to learn more? Read the history of Independence Day from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/holidays\/july-4th\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/holidays\/july-4th\" target=\"_blank\">History.com<\/a>, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/today-in-history\/july-04\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library of Congress<\/a>, or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/history\/history-independence-day\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/a-capitol-fourth\/history\/history-independence-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">PBS<\/a>. If you want to spend some time learning more about the Declaration of Independence, along with other founding documents, symbols, and anthems of the United States, check out <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document\/guides\/M-76.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Citizen&#8217;s Almanac<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#0b1c90\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Andersen Library is a federal depository library with federal government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD\/CD-ROM, online). Check out <em>your<\/em> government at Andersen Library!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s almost July 4th! How will you celebrate? Andersen &amp; Lenox libraries will be closed on Mon., July 5th. Then it\u2019s back to normal summer session hours as of 8 a.m. on Tues., July 6th. Whitewater&#8217;s festivities have the theme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/24624\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2768,35],"tags":[348,711],"class_list":["post-24624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-wisconsin","category-infogov","tag-holidays","tag-hours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24624"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24628,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24624\/revisions\/24628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}