{"id":3878,"date":"2015-07-17T18:13:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3878"},"modified":"2015-07-17T18:13:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T18:13:43","slug":"los-fresnos-celebrates-the-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3878","title":{"rendered":"Los Fresnos Celebrates the 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Rocky Villafranca Jr.\/LFN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3879\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0958.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0958\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0958.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0958-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0958-405x304.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0958-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Los Fresnos celebrated 239 years of American freedom at this year\u2019s Independence Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Held Saturday, July 4, the celebration began at city hall with the local Boys and Girls Scouts leading a small parade down Arroyo Blvd. The parade had a Los Fresnos Police Department escort and the patrol car\u2019s regular siren was replaced by \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d, the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Los Fresnos residents displayed their patriotism by standing outside their homes and saluting the many American flags flying proudly. Once the parade reached Memorial Park, the whole community came together to enjoy themselves at a public picnic that also featured inflatables for the children, an open swimming pool, food, drinks, and a full performance by the Highway 100 Band.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3880\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0973.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0973\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0973.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0973-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0973-405x304.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0973-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were many activities for people of all ages. The park was full of people well into the evening making this year\u2019s celebration a great community success.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3881\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1200\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1200.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1200-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_1200-405x208.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The celebration ended at the Los Fresnos Rodeo Grounds with a spectacular fireworks display that was grandiose enough for the whole town to see. The city would like to thank all our community members for helping them celebrate American independence at this year\u2019s annual Independence Day celebration.<\/p>\n<p>More photos:<br \/>\n[GALLERY=12]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Rocky Villafranca Jr.\/LFN Los Fresnos celebrated 239 years of American freedom at this year\u2019s Independence Day celebration. Held Saturday, July 4, the celebration began at city hall with the local Boys and Girls Scouts leading a small parade down Arroyo Blvd. The parade had a Los Fresnos Police Department escort and the patrol car\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3882,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3878\/revisions\/3882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}