Wellington plans all-embracing weekend Independence Day celebration

By Bev Odom on Wednesday, June 25, 2025
  • Fourth on East Ave. 2024 parade participants wave at Wellington Care Center residents as they head north on Childress St. Become part of Wellington’s 2025 Wild & Free on 83 Fourth of July parade, set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 5. With Natasha Mixon serving as parade chairman, businesses and individuals should contact her at 940-732-0756. Mixon and her mom, Tammy Sawyer, of Lubbock, hosted their first bi-annual Fourth on East Ave. parade in 2016.
    Fourth on East Ave. 2024 parade participants wave at Wellington Care Center residents as they head north on Childress St. Become part of Wellington’s 2025 Wild & Free on 83 Fourth of July parade, set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 5. With Natasha Mixon serving as parade chairman, businesses and individuals should contact her at 940-732-0756. Mixon and her mom, Tammy Sawyer, of Lubbock, hosted their first bi-annual Fourth on East Ave. parade in 2016.
    WELLINGTON – An array of Thursday night happenings opens Wellington’s Fourth of July weekend celebration. From the Thursday, July 3 Jazz and Funk Band live performance at the Wellington Ritz Theatre, the 22nd Annual Fourth of July Rodeo and Wellington Aquatics Venue (WAV) night swim, where veterans, first responders and their families get in free, to the conclusion of the Wild &a...

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