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Since 1946
the small town has hosted a
4th of July
Celebration
with
patriotic pride.
A week-long
celebration requires a great
deal of planning by the
sponsoring organizations and
community volunteers.
The Faith
4th of July
Celebration
is
sponsored by the Faith American
Legion Post #327, the Faith
American Legion Auxiliary Unit
#327, The Faith Civitans, and
the Faith Jaycees. All Proceeds
from the
4th of July
Celebration
go to
scholarships, local school
needs, local library needs,
park improvements, and other
town / community needs.
The celebration
has been called one of the
largest
4th of July
Celebration in the state of
North Carolina.
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Come and enjoy the food,
rides, fellowship and
entertainment each night.
There is a band
playing every night to
entertain the crowd
as they kick
up their heels
dancing.
Enjoy the Faith
Idol contest each
night and a Grand Finale to declare
the winners at the
end of the week.
There is
usually a extra
feature during the
week such as the
chain -saw carving that
wowed the crowd
while the chips flew
before a original
piece of art was
formed from a
piece of timber.
The items that were
created during the
week where auctioned
off on Saturday
afternoon.
The day of the
4th starts with the parade at
10:00 am,
The parade itself
is goes thru the town of Faith
with officials, floats, bands,
fire trucks and many other
entertaining sites too see. The
main road through the town is
lined with 30,000 plus people to
see the parade and then visit
the park for beauty queen
contest, float prize winners,
and a day celebration with food,
rides and entertainment. and
old favorites like the sack
race, the three-legged race
and the piggy back race. There
is also a watermelon eating
contest, a shoe scramble
and egg toss. The night
ends with a salute to
America Entertainment at
9 PM and Fireworks
at 10:30 PM.
The weeks celebration takes
place at Faith American Legion
Park and Faith Elementary
School grounds. Everyone likes
the rides that are
open during the nights of the week
of the 4th. A special rate for
rides on Saturday Afternoon
and one night during the week draws
a big crowd. There are food
and concessions vendors that
come to the celebration
according to availability of
space.
The volunteers
arrive very early on the
morning of the fourth to
prepare the food. Smoke fills
the air as the shoulders are
taken off the pits to be
chopped for sandwiches. The
charcoal grills are fired up
to prepare the hamburgers and
country ham. The dedication of
community volunteers continue to
work the food booths throughout
the day of July 4th.
The menu on the
4th of
July that the civic and
community volunteers prepare
consists of the following:
·
4500 pounds of
barbecued shoulders
·
5000 hot dogs
·
7000 hamburgers
·
1800 pound of
country ham
·
5000 ice cream
cones
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20,000 drinks
·
2500 pounds of
cabbage for making slaw
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