Plains celebrates Independence Day
Fireworks at the Plains Freedom Festival on July 4. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Cooks Una Stowers, Braeen Starika and Tim Kinsinger at the Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District pancake breakfast. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Berrio family children from left, 2-year-0ld James, 4-year-old Emilia and 6-year-old Sophia wait for their turn with Trout Creek Clown Skeeter. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
American Legion Post 52 Commander Steve Roque awards Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District Fire Chief James Russell the Fire Chief of the Year Award. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Owner of the new Clark Fork River Radio Raf Viniard talks during a live broadcast from the Fourth of July Freedom Festival in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
The American Flag fly over the VFW's free barbecue at Fred Young Park in Plains. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
14-year-old Plains resident Utah Butler ends his time on the mechanical bull. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
6-year-old Alberton resident Lindy Anderson gets her face painted by artist Bethany Volora. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
98-year-old World War II veteran Tom Carlton Sr. reads the Delaration of Independence during the Plains Freedom Festival on July 4. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Plains celebrated the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4,1776 with a full day of activities for all ages.
The nation’s birthday started early Thursday morning with a free pancake breakfast sponsored by the Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District on Airport Road in Plains. Fire trucks were moved out of the fire station, tables were setup, grills were fired up and volunteer firefighters/cooks Una Stowers, Braeen Starika and Tim Kinsinger went to work flipping pancakes that eventually served over 250 people.
Carl Benson, driving a 1939 Ford fire truck, offered rides aboard the historic vehicle. Two young fire truck enthusiasts, 3-year-old Rafe Bache, and 4-year-old Briggs Bache, climbed aboard for the ride of a lifetime. The only thing missing was a dalmatian sitting on the seat beside Benson. Benson shuttled people between the fire station to the fly-in at the airport.
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