Celebrate July 4 – and America 250 – in Lyme

The day begins at 10 a.m. with the Fourth of July Parade, which travels down Cove Road near Camp Claire, crosses Route 156 and ends at the Lyme Grange, 2 Sterling City Road. A free community barbecue will follow at the Grange until noon with food, refreshments, live music and games hosted by the Lyme Recreation Commission.

Visitors can drop by the Lyme Public Hall, 249 Hamburg Road, from 10 a.m. to noon to see exhibits on local history. At 11:30 a.m., the Lyme Veterans Memorial Committee will gather outside the Grange building for a ceremony celebrating the nation’s founding.

A community sing-a-long will be held at the First Congregational Church of Lyme, 1 Sterling City Road, from noon to 2 p.m.

The celebration continues with a commemorative tree planting led by the Lyme Garden Club at 2 p.m. on the Town Green, 480 Hamburg Road, which will include a reading of the Declaration of Independence.

The day concludes with a Revolutionary War-era music program at the Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Road, performed by musician and historian Richard Donohue at 2:30 p.m.