Fourth of July
Celebration
Experience the biggest and best 4th of July Celebration in the state at Wamego’s celebration. Our small town tradition spans more than 138 years with the largest and longest running Independence Day parade in the state and the largest and most intense fire works display in the Midwest. Independence Day lasts longer than just one day in Wamego.
The town swells to more than double its normal size during the multi-day celebration, which includes a parade – the longest running in the state at over 125 years – a carnival, and antique tractor and car shows. The party is capped off with one of the state’s largest fireworks displays beginning at dark on the Fourth.
When
June 30 - July 4, 2009
This Year's Events
- 138th Annual Wamego Independence Day Parade
- Fireworks Show (one of the largest in the state!)
- Carnival / Ottaway Amusement Rides
- Colgate Country Showdown
- Fort Riley 1st Infantry Division Band
- Wamego Fire Department Auxiliary Dunk Tank
- Walter P. Chrysler Car Show
- 24th Annual Kaw Valley Antique Tractor
and Engine Show - Wamego Community Band Concert in the Park
- Wamego Historical Society Ice Cream Social
- United Methodist Church Patriotic Concert and Dinner: Pork Burgers, Bratwurst, Hotdogs and Home-Made Pie
- Pottawatomie County Republicans
Free Watermelon Feed
Schedule of Events and Map available
here
Contact Info
To sponsor the parade, join the parade or just to find out what’s going on when, contact the Wamego Chamber of Commerce / Mainstreet for more information.
Wamego Chamber of Commerce/Mainstreet
529 Lincoln
Wamego, KS 66547
USA
(785) 456-7849
