The City of Wilkes-Barre’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration begins noon Thursday at Kirby Park with live entertainment, food vendors amusement rides all day long and fireworks to end the evening. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

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