Summer gets into full swing with Schoharie County's Independence Day celebration this Friday in downtown Cobleskill and the Cobleskill Fairgrounds.
Fun begins at 2pm at the Fairgrounds with games and water rides for kids. People should bring a bathing suit and towel.
There will also be food, crafts, music and dance at the Fairgrounds.
The lineup for the annual parade will be at 4:30pm at Campus Drive. At 5pm, the parade will march through downtown to the Fairgrounds.
Fireworks will be at dark.
The July 4 celebration is sponsored by Cobleskill Partnership Inc. and the Town of Cobleskill, along with many local businesses.
Fireworks are paid for through donations. Anyone wishing to donate can send a check to CPI, PO Box 10, Cobleskill.

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The Old Stone Fort Museum will celebrate Independence Day Friday, the Fourth of July, from 10am-5pm, with historical readings and re-enactments.
Readings of the Declaration of Independence and other documents of the time will take place at 11am and 2pm.
Throughout the day, museum staff, members of the Tryon County Militia, and other re-enactors will engage in living history and engage visitors in debates on taxation, self-government, and armed militias rebelling against the government.
"With armed revolts and civil wars breaking out all over the world, are the issues of 238 years ago so different from those of today?" asked Museum Director Carle Kopecky.
The Old Stone Fort was attacked by British, Loyalist American, and Native American Forces in 1780 and is located near the George Mann Tavern, site of a Loyalist or Tory uprising in 1777.
It houses exhibits on the American Revolutionary War, including a cannonball that struck the building in 1780, as well as materials of local and regional history.
Friday's event is co-produced by the Schoharie County Historical Society and the Burning of the Valleys Military Association.
All outdoor events are admission-free; regular admission rates apply to indoor exhibits.