{"id":6317,"date":"2024-07-08T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T14:40:14","slug":"fourth-of-july-fireworks-boom-over-veterans-memorial-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/07\/08\/fourth-of-july-fireworks-boom-over-veterans-memorial-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth of July fireworks boom over Veterans Memorial Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 The night sky will be shining bright this coming Thursday during a Fourth of July fireworks show.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fireworks presentation is a free annual event that is organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyal.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">city of Troy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyrecreation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troy Parks and Recreation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troy University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis upcoming Thursday, July 4, we will once again have a fireworks presentation and display, and 8:30 p.m. sharp is when we will begin the show,\u201d Dan Smith, Director of Troy Parks and Recreation told TrojanVision. \u201cThe city of Troy and Troy Parks and Recreation has been putting on the Independence Day fireworks show for over 50 years and Veterans Memorial Stadium has been the location for several decades now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/06\/20\/goodtimes-bowling-opens-its-doors-in-troy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LOCAL NEWS: <\/strong>GoodTimes Bowling opens its doors in Troy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration is a moment Troy residents can come together and enjoy time as a community and a free nation. Although Troy Parks and Recreation is the main organizer of the event, Smith says it\u2019s a community effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTroy Parks and Recreation, we organize and coordinate everything for the events and get the word out and try to encourage people to come to watch the display. We could not do it without the support of the city of Troy Police Department, the city of Troy Fire Department, and especially Troy University for allowing us to use their facilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Smith, the display can be seen from Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tailgate Terrace, nearby parking lots, TROY&#8217;s tennis courts and softball field. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 The night sky will be shining bright this coming Thursday during a Fourth of July fireworks show. <\/p>\n<p>The fireworks presentation is a free annual event that is organized by the city of Troy, Troy Parks and Recreation and Troy University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis upcoming Thursday, July 4, we will once again have&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2024\/07\/08\/fourth-of-july-fireworks-boom-over-veterans-memorial-stadium\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":6327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1125],"tags":[581,1092,1634],"topics":[1588,17],"class_list":["post-6317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-fireworks","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-troy-parks-and-recreation","topics-local-news","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6326,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions\/6326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}