Last years estimated attendance of more than 10,000 people.
This event has had over 30 years of success, according to organizers.
This year it will take place from 3 p.m. until 10 p.m., and Main Street and Pendleton Street will be closed.
There will be vendors, crafts, food and fun for the whole family. There will also be a play area for children.
Everything at the event is free except for items purchased at the vendor stations.
The day’s entertainment will include the Spotlight Dance Company, the contemporary Christian group “Forget Tomorrow” and “The Flashbacks.”
Organizers will also be doing something a little different this year. They will be opening the cornerstone from the original Easley High School, which is believed to be a time capsule.
The Farmer’s Market will also be open from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. on July 4.
All city parking lots will be available for the event, including City Hall, Market Square and the parking area behind Joes Ice Cream Parlor.
The event will end with what has been called “the best fire work show in the Upstate” starting at 9:45 p.m.
City officials everyone will come out to Easley and celebrate our country’s Independence Day.
For more information, visit Easleyevents.com.
At approximately 9:40 (about 5 minutes before the fireworks started) 2 police cars came rushing around the corner, flying over the railroad track; causing people to grab children, shout "Watch out!" to relatives, and receiving a universal "outrage" from the crowd of about 50 that observed one olive officers wheels screech and fly almost Dukes of Hazzard style over the railroad track.
I noted several people, one who had to move quickly out of the way, calling on their cellphones to complain.
Since we were at the Police Station we decided to go in to complain ... A police lieutinant came out to speak to us. He pulled us into the hallway and informed us a police officer " was losing a fight" ... We expressed concern fir a large crowd of people - including children that were playing and people still crossing the railroad tracks to get settled.
I asked if the life of one police officer took priority over several citizen's lives ... without hesitation and obvious careful thought the lieutenant said, "Yes!" My wife asked again because she was astonished at the reply ... we received another "Yes" and then were dismissed by being told we could just leave.
We questioned the speed at which the officers were travelling through the crowd ... (It was clear, with good judgement, that the police officer was travelling at around 40mph) we were told repeatedly he was not. Many many witnesses would be able to back this up from multiple vantage points.
This is where the police dept's priority is ... with their own- public safety is second.
I saw nothing on the 11 o'clock news and nothing on the morning news, nothing in the Greenville News, nothing on the Easley Progress website, nothing in the Pickens Sentinel ... nothing in Google. What was the emergency that two police officers had to respond to that nearly cost others lives and ruined the fun for a lot us in Easley on the 4th?
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