{"id":25006,"date":"2023-07-05T11:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=25006"},"modified":"2023-07-05T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:17:51","slug":"big-crowds-come-to-alton-fireworks-to-celebrate-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/lifestyle\/big-crowds-come-to-alton-fireworks-to-celebrate-4th-of-july-20230705","title":{"rendered":"Big Crowds Come To Alton Fireworks To Celebrate 4th Of July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Alton, Mo. \u2013 <\/strong>Alton, Missouri, celebrated Independence Day on Monday, July 3, 2023, at Piney Creek Park. There were different vendors selling stuff, bouncy houses, and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kTu8p9JWcg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Parking<\/h2>\n<p>The gates opened at 5:00 pm, and people were already showing up. Around 7:00 pm, the grounds began to fill up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25015\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks2-640x333.jpg\" alt=\"Two kids playing with Shelter Insurance beach balls at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks2-640x333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks2-230x120.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks2-710x368.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks2-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two kids playing with Shelter Insurance beach balls at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Vendors<\/h2>\n<p>There were around ten vendors at the festivities. Some of them were 4-H selling slushies, a kettle corn truck, someone selling aprons and sewed items, and another selling shirts. There were also fried pickles, funnel cakes, and lemonade being sold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25013\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks4-640x333.jpg\" alt=\"People waiting in line for funnel cakes and lemonade at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks4-640x333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks4-230x120.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks4-710x368.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks4-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People waiting in line for funnel cakes and lemonade at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Inflatables<\/h2>\n<p>Inflatables were also available for the kids. There were three bouncy houses and one water slide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25014\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks3-640x333.jpg\" alt=\"Kids playing in the inflatable bouncy house at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks3-640x333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks3-230x120.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks3-710x368.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks3-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids playing in the inflatable bouncy house at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Fireworks<\/h2>\n<p>Before the fireworks went off, Lilly Haddock sang the National Anthem. The fireworks show went on for about twenty-eight minutes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25010\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks7-640x333.jpg\" alt=\"Fireworks echoing through the area at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.\" width=\"625\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks7-640x333.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks7-230x120.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks7-710x368.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AltonFireworks7-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks echoing through the area at the Alton Independence Day celebration on July 3, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alton, Missouri, celebrated Independence Day on Monday, July 3, 2023, at Piney Creek Park. There were different vendors selling stuff, bouncy houses, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[243,225,229,250,220,258,201,264],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25018,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25006\/revisions\/25018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}