CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- From a kids’ pet parade and bicycle parade to a July 4th ceremony with a fife and drum group to an afternoon car show, The Chagrin History Center has a day of family-fun activities planned for the community starting 8:30 a.m. Thursday, July 4 in Triangle Park.
The event is held in conjunction with Safe Routes Chagrin and the local Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Molly Chittenden chapter. The day begins with an 8:30 a.m.
registration for the 9 a.m. pet parade that starts on North Franklin Street near the bandstand.
It is immediately followed by the bike parade. At 9:30 a.m.
the Crooked River Fife and Drum Band performs before the 10 a.m. July 4th ceremony.
The Fab Fourth car show opens 11 a.m. along with a refreshment stand operated by the Chagrin Valley Jaycees and The Popcorn Shop.
The DAR will have a display for its Wreaths Across America project. : The Chagrin Hunter Jumper Classic celebrates 75 years this year as it returns July 5-14 at Chagrin Valley Farms in Bainbridge with lively competitive events attracting local and national attention. The tradition began in 1949 at the Metroparks Polo Field in Moreland Hills when the Chagrin Valley Trails and Riding Club launched a two-day, all-breed English and Western horse show as a fundraiser.
The horse show offered classes for carriage driving, western riders and gaited horses, while keeping, hunter and jumper competition as the main focus. By the 1960s, it was a prestigious national hunter/.
