The parade, now in its third year, is hosted by the Minot Fireworks Association, Minot Masonic Center and Minot Park District.

The parade route will be from the corner of 25th Street and Fourth Avenue Northwest, east on Fourth Avenue Northwest and ending at the corner of Third Avenue and Sixth Street Northwest, according to Shaun Lewellyn, current past president of Minot Shrine Club Nobles.

For information about entering a unit in the parade, contact Lewellyn at 500-2163 or Marcus Darty, vice president of Minot Shrine Club Nobles, at 389-5703.

The annual Fourth of July Festival, presented by Minot Parks, will be held in Oak Park from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday. There will be live music and food vendors. There is no charge to attend.

Photo by Eloise Ogden/MDN Fireworks will be part of Fourth of July activities in Minot on Friday. These photos are of fireworks near Minot in a past year.

Other activities being held in the city that day include a Hot Tots baseball game at Corbett Field at 4:05 p.m., races at Nodak Speedway at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds at 7 p.m., followed by fireworks at the fairgrounds.