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The twelfth annual Honey Grove Fireworks Show is Saturday (Jun 26) at the Honey Grove Elementary School. Bring your family with your lawn chair, and picnic spreads starting at 6:30. Live music by Michael O’Neil and food vendors will be available. Then once the sun sets, it’s the biggest firework show in northeast Texas. Celebrate America’s Birthday in Honey Grove at the Elementary School. For more information, search Honey Grove Fireworks on Facebook.

The Northeast Texas Symphony Orchestra will return to Celebration Plaza in Sulphur Springs on July 3 for its traditional Independence Day Concert. The program will feature Music of the Masters, patriotic martial, and spiritually based music. The program, conducted by Dr. Doug Bakenhus, will be followed by one of the largest fireworks shows in East Texas. Christus Mother Frances Sulphur Springs, Alliance Bank, and Grocery Supply Enterprises underwrite the program.

Chisum Trails Cowboy Church has its Annual Freedom Celebration at 3575 FM 2648 (3.5 miles east of Camp Maxey) on Saturday (Jul 10) at 7:00 pm. There will be a fish fry, a free concert from Jay Johnson, and the Spur Deep Band, followed by fireworks! So bring the whole family and come as you are! For more info, you can call 903-249-2701.

The Red River County Genealogical Society’s monthly meetings resume on Monday, July 12 at 7:00 pm at the Red River County Chamber of Commerce meeting room. It will be the first meeting since early 2020, so all members and interested persons are encouraged to start making plans now to attend.

The speaker is Bill Covington, and his subject is “A Dark and Bloody Ground – Daniel Boone and Kentucky during the American Revolution.”