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Pandemic Won’t Stop the West’s Oldest July 4th Festivities in Round Top

  • Round Top’s Independence Day Parade is always very patriotic. As of now, the parade will happen this year, but with possible changes to the usual format. Record file photo
    Round Top’s Independence Day Parade is always very patriotic. As of now, the parade will happen this year, but with possible changes to the usual format. Record file photo
At a meeting Monday by teleconference, Round Top council members decided to go forward with plans for the annual July 4th celebration and parade as well as the town’s sesquicentennial birthday event on August 1 pending further developments with the Covid-19 pandemic. The July 4 celebration in Round Top is considered the longest running annual Independence Day celebration west of the Mississippi…

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