Liberty bells

For the second year, the Allendale Township Fourth of July parade will wind through Grand Valley's campus and feature music by University carillonneur Julianne Vanden Wyngaard.

The parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 4, and travel south on Campus Drive ending near Lake Michigan Hall. With the theme 'Allendale Celebrates Hometown Heroes,' the grand marshal will be city resident Sherwin Nagelkirk.

Vanden Wyngaard will perform a patriotic concert at 9:30 a.m. on the Cook Carillon Tower. She will also participate in a nationwide simultaneous bell-ringing ceremony at 2 p.m., followed by a brief concert.