CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW)Clarksvilles annual Independence Day Celebration is Monday, July 3 at Liberty Park. The event is free. Liberty Park will open at 5 p.m. with activities and music beginning at 6:30 p.m. Seating is available throughout the park and in front of the music stage on the Great Lawn of the Wilma Rudolph Event Center.

Headliner, Full Circle, will perform classic rock hits from the 1960s and 1970s. Activities will include sack races, Patriotic Balloon Pop and the Most Patriotic Person contest. Prizes will be awarded. Refreshments will be available from D&B Concessions, Rolling Ridge Mart, Big City Dogs, Kona Ice Music City, and Doxies Pizza. The evening will conclude with fireworks beginning at 9:30 p.m.

Parking is available inside the park for vehicles with handicap license plates and placards. Marina users must have approved vehicle tags or a temporary pass. Boats with trailers will be allowed to access the boat ramp parking area until 4 p.m. or until the parking area has been filled. No boats will be allowed to exit the parking area from 8 p.m. until the park is empty.

Zinc Plant Road and the Zinc Plant Bridge will be closed to traffic from 9:15 to 10 p.m. for fireworks. Guests should plan for delays on Riverside Drive and Hwy 48-13 before and after the event.

Liberty Park Grill will be open from 11 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. on July 3. Beginning at 4 p.m., guests can pay a fee of $20 to park at the restaurant. Each paying vehicle will receive a $20 voucher for Liberty Park Grill for use only on July 3.

Satellite parking will be in Downtown Clarksville and at the CMCSS Facilities Building (formerly Jostens) at 1312 Highway 48/13. CTS bus service will shuttle guests, free of charge from both locations will begin at 4 p.m. Downtown parking is free after 5 p.m.

Shuttles will continue until 9:15 p.m. At the conclusion of the fireworks, CTS buses displaying their destination lot will return guests to parking areas, with the last bus departing Liberty Park at 11 p.m.

Clarksville Police officers will be stationed at major intersections around Liberty Park and Riverside Drive beginning at 6 p.m. and continuing after the event. Pedestrians walking to the park are encouraged to cross only at these intersections. Liberty Park will close at sunset on Sunday, July 2 to prepare for the Independence Day Celebration and will reopen for general use at sunrise on Tuesday, July 4, 2017.

SAFETY RULES IN LIBERTY PARK: 1. No solicitation. 2. No pets allowed during event. Clearly marked service animals are permitted. 3. No drugs or alcoholic beverages. 4. No fighting or foul language. 5. No personal fireworks. 6. No personal grills. 7. No weapons. 8. No drones.

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