# @cityofveniceflorida on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYpiHZbExvN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65714527-cityofveniceflorida-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-22T17:15:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Lorraine Anderson (@cityofveniceflorida) — https://gondola.cc/cityofveniceflorida

## Caption

🇺🇸Remember our past while celebrating our future! The City of Venice is bringing back a one-time daytime Independence Day parade and community picnic as part of America’s 250th Anniversary and the City’s Centennial Celebration. 

🍉Throw on your red, white, and blue and join us Friday, July 4, for a true grassroots community celebration featuring a patriotic parade, watermelon eating contests, potato sack races, tug-of-war, face painting, music and dancing, food trucks, family activities, and more! Activities begin as early as 9 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m. at West Blalock Park and the Venice Community Center in partnership with Venice MainStreet. Don't forget to visit Old Betsy and the Venice Museum, open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 4. 

Then, join us later that evening for the annual fireworks display launched from the South Jetty, angled over the Gulf and visible from Venice area beaches. 🎆

This year’s celebration is inspired by the spirit of old-fashioned Americana and community traditions, including some of Venice’s historic Bicentennial festivities of the 1970s. 🪁

➡️ Apply for the parade: https://forms.office.com/r/6dha57dmYC
➡️ Learn more about the picnic: https://www.venicegov.com/things-to-do/july-4th-parade-picnic
➡️ Sign up to volunteer: https://forms.office.com/r/es5XG30NEt
➡️ Fireworks information: https://www.venicegov.com/things-to-do/events/july-4-fireworks

#america250 #veniceat100 #redwhiteandblue

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