PORT ANGELES — In addition to Forks, both Port Angeles and Port Townsend plan fireworks at about 10 p.m. Sunday.
Port Angeles
Sunday’s Fourth of July parade in Port Angeles will be the biggest since it resumed in 2002.
“We have 92 participants so far this year, and usually we have a few last-minute stragglers,” said Russ Veenema, executive director of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce.
“Last year, we had in the 80s,” he said of the number of participants, “so this is a record for us.”
The parade begins in front of the Clallam County Courthouse, 319 S. Lincoln St.. at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The parade route will proceed north along Lincoln Street, then to First Street, where it will turn west through downtown and conclude at Valley Street.
Announcer areas will be set up in front of Veterans Park on Lincoln, the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain on First and Laurel streets and at the corner of First and Oak streets.
Last-minute parade applications can be picked up from Kitsap Bank in Port Angeles or downloaded from the Chamber of Commerce at www.portangeles.org.
“We’ll have two marching bands and, of course, the fireworks display,” Veenema said.
“The Victoria Police Bagpipe Band will return this year, and they are very popular as well.
“If all goes well, the Coast Guard should be doing a flyover at about 6 p.m.”
The main sponsor of the Port Angeles chamber’s Fourth of July events is Wave Broadband, the Internet, cable television and telephone provider for the Port Angeles and Sequim areas.
Music at PA City Pier
Live music sponsored by Sunset Do It Best Hardware begins at 4 p.m. on the City Pier stage and continues — with a short break for the parade — to 10 p.m. when the Wave Broadband fireworks display begins.
Fireworks will be launched from Francis Street Park at the Waterfront Trail. The display will be best visible from the City Pier and from the Waterfront Trail in front of the Red Lion Hotel, Veenema said.
The trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail system, will be closed just east and west of Francis Street Park starting mid-afternoon for safety precautions while the pyrotechnists are setting up and setting off the fireworks.
Port Townsend
Port Townsend’s Fourth of July celebration will begin at Fort Worden State Park at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Family games, live music and food vendors are planned on the lawn of the Fort Worden Commons.
Children’s games, with plenty of prizes, will begin at 4 p.m.
Rotary Pinball on the Castle Lawn is planned for adults from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The prize for the winning raffle ticket will be a trip to Las Vegas.
Proceeds benefit the Port Townsend High School Interact Club.
The Port Townsend Summer Band will perform a concert of patriotic favorites at the Fort Worden Commons at 8 p.m.
Fireworks will begin at about 10 p.m.
Although Jefferson Transit will not provide shuttles from downtown to Fort Worden, on-site parking will be available.
Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary members have said this will be the last year that the club sponsors the fireworks show unless a significant amount of donations are raised.
Sequim
For Independence Day in Sequim, the town will celebrate with patriotic music from the outdoor stage of the James Center for the Performing Arts in Carrie Blake Park.
The Sequim City Band and the Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus will perform a free concert for about an hour beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The band will perform marches and an armed forces salute, and the chorus will sing a variety of patriotic songs such as “God Bless America” and “America the Beautiful.”
The traditional ending of the concert is a performance of “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Concert-goers should bring chairs or blankets.