Cornwall Independence Day Committee July 4, 2011
WELCOME
Monday, July 4, 2011
Dear Friends:
Welcome to Cornwall's annual celebration of Independence Day.
Today we celebrate the 235th birthday of our nation.
See the Festivities page for all activities, times and locations.
The community is honoring Cornwall-on-Hudson native AislingCuffe,
the best high school girlslong distance runner in the country,
as grand marshal of the parade at 5 p.m. See the Parade page to learn about the
line-of-march and Grand Marshal page to learn about Aisling.
The day starts with breakfast at Highland Engine Co. and continues with the fun-filled Pet Show and children’s games. Zumba, presented by Sportsplex, will be offered after the pet show. Students’ patriotic art work, judged by artist Sue Fink, will be on display all day and evening.
The Cornwall Lions will conduct their annual lobster sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The committee will present its annual crafts fair all day and non-profit organizations will be discuss their work. Across from town hall, the Sands Ring Homestead will be open in the middle of the day.
Pony rides will be available on the east side of Rings Pond. A pie eating contest will take place at noon. The afternoon will also feature Macaroni the Clown and Sam the Magician. Cornwall’s church bells will ring for several minutes at 2 p.m. to recall the way Americans celebrated their independence in 1776. And in the evening, a Flag Ceremony will honor America and precede the annual pageant.
Music will include Turbulence in the afternoon; thea cappella groups, Love Notes and Treble in Paradise, in the evening; and the Cornwall Reunion Band just before the fireworks.
The Main Street Mile, featuring more than 100 runners, will precede the parade, at 4:30 p.m. The parade will include lots of bands and floats. The fireworks display will start about 9:45 p.m.
The committee will be selling items all day and night to raise the $35,000 required for the celebration. A coin drop will be conducted in the early evening. Sales of raffle tickets for Yankees tickets, dinners for two and a bicycle, courtesy of Vails Gate Cycles, along with T-shirts, featuring Bannerman’s Island; loop-a-lites; and water and soda all go toward covering the day’s expenses. Donations may be sent to: CIDC, P.O. Box 542, Cornwall, NY12518.
The committee extends its gratitude to the Town of Cornwall and the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson for providing services.
The celebration will carry on even if the weather is less than perfect.
The Fourth of July in Cornwall: Why be anywhere else?
All the best,
Brendan G. Coyne
Chair, CIDC
Monday, July 4, 2011
Dear Friends:
Welcome to Cornwall's annual celebration of Independence Day.
Today we celebrate the 235th birthday of our nation.
See the Festivities page for all activities, times and locations.
The community is honoring Cornwall-on-Hudson native AislingCuffe,
the best high school girlslong distance runner in the country,
as grand marshal of the parade at 5 p.m. See the Parade page to learn about the
line-of-march and Grand Marshal page to learn about Aisling.
The day starts with breakfast at Highland Engine Co. and continues with the fun-filled Pet Show and children’s games. Zumba, presented by Sportsplex, will be offered after the pet show. Students’ patriotic art work, judged by artist Sue Fink, will be on display all day and evening.
The Cornwall Lions will conduct their annual lobster sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The committee will present its annual crafts fair all day and non-profit organizations will be discuss their work. Across from town hall, the Sands Ring Homestead will be open in the middle of the day.
Pony rides will be available on the east side of Rings Pond. A pie eating contest will take place at noon. The afternoon will also feature Macaroni the Clown and Sam the Magician. Cornwall’s church bells will ring for several minutes at 2 p.m. to recall the way Americans celebrated their independence in 1776. And in the evening, a Flag Ceremony will honor America and precede the annual pageant.
Music will include Turbulence in the afternoon; thea cappella groups, Love Notes and Treble in Paradise, in the evening; and the Cornwall Reunion Band just before the fireworks.
The Main Street Mile, featuring more than 100 runners, will precede the parade, at 4:30 p.m. The parade will include lots of bands and floats. The fireworks display will start about 9:45 p.m.
The committee will be selling items all day and night to raise the $35,000 required for the celebration. A coin drop will be conducted in the early evening. Sales of raffle tickets for Yankees tickets, dinners for two and a bicycle, courtesy of Vails Gate Cycles, along with T-shirts, featuring Bannerman’s Island; loop-a-lites; and water and soda all go toward covering the day’s expenses. Donations may be sent to: CIDC, P.O. Box 542, Cornwall, NY12518.
The committee extends its gratitude to the Town of Cornwall and the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson for providing services.
The celebration will carry on even if the weather is less than perfect.
The Fourth of July in Cornwall: Why be anywhere else?
All the best,
Brendan G. Coyne
Chair, CIDC
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