Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - With the Fourth of July coming up on Friday many towns in Buffalo will be hosting fireworks for Independence Day. Both Tonawanda and North Tonawanda will be celebrating America's birthday with attractions and fireworks.
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"Our fireworks celebration for Independence Day is always at Kenney Park. It's Thursday night, July 3. It's a great event, it's not just the fireworks, people come early," says Tonawanda Councilmember Gina Santa Maria. "We have the American Legion Band of the Tonawandas playing from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. We have food trucks, we have face painting, we've got different trucks from the town and the fire departments that the kids can see and climb on. So it's a big event. It's really well attended every year, but it's very safe too. It's very well run. Our police department does a great job with the safety."
Maria said that people can come to Kenney Park as early as 6 p.m. when the food trucks will arrive, while the fireworks will start at 9:30pm.
North Tonawanda is also looking to bring people to their fireworks show. They will be teaming up with Tonawanda on the Renaissance Bridge. Their show will take place on July 4 and will have lots of attractions for the family.
"We'll have a lot of family fun going on Webster Street, lot of activities," says North Tonawanda mayor Austin Tylec. "Our fire department will be cooking hot dogs for kids. Our police department will do a meet and greet down there. We have some inflatable obstacle courses, rock climbing wall, a little music and on the Tonawanda side, they'll also be doing music at their canal pavilion that they have there on their side. So we have a lot of fun, starting at 6 p.m. leading up to the fireworks show at dusk."
With lots of loud noises for the Fourth of July Maria wants to remind people who have pets, as well as veterans.
"We just always like to remind people, too, that fireworks may scare animals or veterans sometimes have problems with the fireworks, to be aware of that," Maria said. "We touch base with our American Legion Post to let the veterans know, remind them that we're having the fireworks show so that they have a heads up."