LAUREL, Del. – The town of Laurel, Delaware ringing in the 4th of July for the 31st year.Hundreds of people came out for the festivities.“We get people from all over to come watch the fireworks, you can ride around town and you can see them all the way out to Bethel, lined up on like Woodland Ferry Road to watch the fireworks and out along the highway,” said Laurel Town Manager Jamie Smith.While the fireworks are the main attraction, there was plenty of other happenings going on at the celebration like ...
LAUREL, Del. – The town of Laurel, Delaware ringing in the 4th of July for the 31st year.
Hundreds of people came out for the festivities.
“We get people from all over to come watch the fireworks, you can ride around town and you can see them all the way out to Bethel, lined up on like Woodland Ferry Road to watch the fireworks and out along the highway,” said Laurel Town Manager Jamie Smith.
While the fireworks are the main attraction, there was plenty of other happenings going on at the celebration like the car show.
Dennis Spaulding was showing off his 2023 Corvette at the event.
“The car is a Z06, it’s got 670 horsepower, I had it on order 1,110 days before it was delivered,” said Spaulding. “It’s a pretty special car.”
Of course, what would be a July 4th celebration without food.
“We’re selling funnel cakes, candy apples, I think she’s got some popcorn, we’re also selling raffle tickets for our car show which is next month at the 9th in Milton and we’re trying to raise money for a scholarship for a couple different girls,” said Michael Reynolds, one of the food vendors.
There were also plenty of non-food vendors on-hand selling all sorts of crafts and delicious sweets.
“Today, I am currently out working a vendor event in the Laurel 4th of July which I’ve come to for the past ten years I’ve lived here,” said Ada Given. “I work for JB Crunch, we do freeze dried candy, we also have a store located in Delmar with freeze dried candy and Hershey’s ice cream.”
There will also be live music and a parade that kicks off at 7 o’clock.
For Given, it’s all about what concludes this year’s 4th of July celebration.
“I’m just waiting for the fireworks to go off, in all honesty I love watching the fireworks,” she said.
Laurel Town Manager Jamie Smith expects around 5,000 people to come out for this year’s July 4th celebration.