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Let Freedom Ring

Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 4 months AGO
| July 5, 2026 1:00 AM

A few of the scenes from Independence Day celebrations in Sandpoint and Clark Fork.

Sandpoint High School football players take part in the Sandpoint Lions Grand Parade on the Fourth of July Saturday. The Bulldogs are just over a month away from their season opener against Twin Falls, which will take place at Memorial Field on Aug. 21 at 7 p.m.
    A competitor in the Clark Fork Fourth of July logging competition works to pull the saw through the log during the city's annual festivities at Veteran Memorial Field.
 
 


    A young bicyclist rides to the front of a group of youths taking part in the Sandpoint Lions kids parade Saturday during the Fourth of July.
 
 
    A family marches in the Sandpoint Lions Fourth of July children's parade on Saturday.
 
    Braxton Hirschi waits for the start of the Sandpoint Lions kids parade Saturday on the Fourth of July.
 
 


    Members of the cast of "1776: The Musical" march in the Sandpoint Lions Grand Parade as they joined more than 100 parade entries and thousands of people packing downtown Sandpoint to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
 
 


    "Uncle Sam" drives an antique tractor in the Sandpoint Lions Grand Parade as the group joined more than 100 parade entries and thousands of people packing downtown Sandpoint to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
 
 
    A young parade participant sends bubbles into the crowd from atop a firetruck as one of more than 100 parade entries taking part in the Sandpoint Lions Grand Parade as the community celebrated America's 250th birthday.
 
 
    Sandpoint's antique firetruck makes its way down Church Street during the Sandpoint Lions Grand Parade on Saturday as the community celebrated America's 250th birthday on the Fourth of July.
 
 
    Community members reenact a famous Life magazine photo celebrating V-J Day in which a U.S. sailor kisses a woman as New Yorkers crowded Times Square to celebrate the end of World War II.
 
 
    Dylan Karnes walks down First Avenue portraying a member of the band, KISS, something he has down for a number of years.
 
 
    A young pair pose for a photo as they joined thousands of community members packing downtown Sandpoint to celebrate America's 250th birthday at the Sandpoint Lions Grand Parade.