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Cape Girardeau, Jackson Independence Day eventsFriday, July 3, 2009Saturday is Independence Day, and celebrations are scheduled in Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Below is a list of community celebrations. For more area Independence Day events go to http://semoevents.com. July 4th celebration The Jackson celebration includes a car show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Art in the Park, food stands and pony rides beginning at 10 a.m., Dance Extensions will perform at 2 p.m., Saxy Jazz Transition will perform at the bandshell at 7 p.m. and the Jackson Municipal Band will perform at the bandshell at 8 p.m. Fireworks display will be at 9:30 p.m. Where: Jackson City Park When: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Independence Day 5K Run/Walk Celebrate the holiday with some physical activity and support Southeast Missouri Hospital's programs for cancer and children's health and wellness. Registration is $20 and is available at www.active.com. For more information, call 573-243-2211 or go to www.healthpointplaza.com. Where: HealthPoint Fitness, Jackson When: 7:30 a.m. Arena Park Fourth of July celebration The Arena building opens noon on Friday. A tribute ceremony for the area's Patriot Guard Riders will be held at 6:30 p.m. A truck pull will begin at 7 p.m. A double elimination washer tournament begins the festivities at noon Saturday. Registration for the tournament will start at 11 a.m. Booths inside the Arena Building will also open at noon. A children's corner for watching cartoons and cooling off will be set up by the Optimist Club, with a big-screen television donated by Shivelbine's. The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band will perform at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Arena Building. The demolition derby will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, followed by a special patriotic tribute. A fireworks show will conclude the event after dark. Where: Arena Park When: noon to 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday Fourth at the Fort -- Living History The Turner Brigade (Civil War re-enactors) and participants from Civil War Roundtable of Cape Girardeau will re-enact Civil War camp life, rifle loading/firing, artilletry drill/firing, and ladies fashions. There will also be hands-on drill experiences for visitors. Where: Fort D When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Historical flag display The Sons of the American Revolution will be on hand and a special collection of 27 American flags, dating from June 14, 1777 through 2008, will be on display at the Red House Interpretive Center. Where: Red House Interpretive Center When: 1 to 5 p.m. Comments  Note: The nature of the Internet makes it impractical for our staff to review every comment. If you feel that a comment is offensive, please Login or Create an account first, and then you will be able to flag a comment as objectionable. Please also note that those who post comments on semissourian.com may do so using a screen name, which may or may not reflect a website user's actual name. Readers should be careful not to assign comments to real people who may have names similar to screen names. Refrain from obscenity in your comments, and to keep discussions civil, don't say anything in a way your grandmother would be ashamed to read.
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I wish someone would bring back the mud volleyball tourney during Jackson's celebration.
Naaaa budman. We Jackson folk don't want any mud volleyball, drinking, fun, or parking at our July 4th celebrations. Please look at the cars and fireworks and move along, sir. Thank you.
Hmmmm chicken, never personally experienced the mud volleyball. Sounds like it was a huge event. The car show is nice, not really that great of attendance though and well fireworks are just that, nothing mindblowing. Most fireworks shows in our towns are pretty similar from what I've gathered. What was the huge reasoning behind ending mud volleyball?
The reason? The new police chief didn't want any drinking or fun to take place. So the Jaycees decided not to host the tourney, thus a poor turnout for the day's events has occurred.
Here are some past stories on the volleyball.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/80170....
http://www.semissourian.com/story/113309...
http://www.semissourian.com/story/134858...
AWSOME FIREWORKS DISPLAY!!!!!!! I enjoyed it emencly!!!!!!!!! And I am looking forward to next year!!!!!!!! Yes... they announced that they are doing it next year. AWSOME!!!!
budman gets it.
2 or 3 years ago they took every teams entry fee for the mud volleyball tourney. At the last minute they told them no alcohol would be allowed in the park. Most teams all wanted their money back so they could have some fun on the 4th. They were refused their refunds. Some teams just didn't show. Thus, the end of the good turn outs at the Jackson park on the 4th.
Yesterday I walked through about 3 o'clock. They had upwards of 30 people there. I went home and had a beer. Take that city officials!!