Stars & Stripes Celebration

July 1, 2017

Stars & Stripes is Guttenberg's annual Independence Day celebration, typically held on the Saturday closest to July 4 in Ingleside Park, north of Clayton Ridge Schools.

Festivities will begin at 8am with the CR Interact Club's 5K walk/Run (registration begins at 7am in the gazebo, run begins at 8am). The Lockmaster's House Heritage Museum will be open from 12-4pm, and the Lock & Dam #10 observation deck and DNR Aquarium will also be open.

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Kids Games & Activities
Entertainment for kids will include barrel train rides, games, inflatable bounce house, slide, and obstacle course, face painting, a watermelon eating contest, water balloon launch, and water games with the Guttenberg Fire Department. Inflatables will be open from 3-9pm.

Music, Food, and Drink
Entertainment will begin in the park at 3pm, featuring music by The After Party llc. Food vendors will be serving cotton candy, funnel cakes, sandwiches, maidrites, popcorn and kettlecorn, hot dogs, walking tacos, nachos, snow cones, sweet and sour chicken, egg rolls, and more! The beverage garden will be serving pop, water, and alcoholic beverages from 4-10pm.

Fireworks Painting Classes
At 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm, Bent Willow Studio & Gallery will be holding Paint it Forward painting classes, for ages 12 and older, participants 12 and younger need a parent to supervise. $15 per canvas, first come first serve. The painting will be a neon and glow- in-the-dark fireworks piece.

Mobile Escape Room
New addition to Stars & Stripes 2017!
Test your wits and try to unlock the puzzle of the Escape Mobile Challenge Room! Groups of four, ages 16 and up can participate in this challenge and try to escape in one hour! $15/person. Pre-register by messaging the Escape Mobile Challenge Room Facebook page to guarantee your spot, or find their mobile unit on North River Park Drive with the Stars & Stripes festivities on July 1.

Parade, Dance Performances, and Fireworks
The parade theme this year is "Celebrating Summer," and all are welcome to enter floats, mini floats, golf carts, decorated bicycles, etc. There is no advance registration, parade participants just need to arrive at the staging area behind Meuser Lumber at 6pm to get lined up for the parade at 7pm. Prizes will be awarded! Following the parade, the award winning Clayton Ridge Drill Team will perform.

At dusk, a dazzling fireworks display will be set off over the river, so bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit in the park and enjoy the show.

Stars & Stripes Celebration

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