The Leland Fourth of July parade is set to be held on Wednesday, July 4 at 3 p.m. once again, with much of the organizing in part thanks to a committee that works together to coordinate the celebratory event every year.
Leland Chamber of Commerce President Mark Morton said while the parade is an event people very much look forward to, they also love the fireworks show that happens at dusk the day before on July 3. Although the chamber originally had doubts about it happening due to the annual Leland Food and Wine Festival being canceled earlier this year, an event which garners most of their monies to pay for the fireworks, the group still managed to collect enough donations from the community to make it a reality.
“We do ours (fireworks) on July 3 so we don’t compete with Northport,” Morton said, adding that the show lasts about 20-25 minutes in duration. “For as long as I’ve known it, we’ve always done the Leland fireworks on a different night. It starts at dusk. We’ve gone with a new fireworks company this year, Wolverine Fireworks Display, which is the same one Northport uses.”
