We're Back! Come to the 59th Palos Verdes Independence Day Celebration at Malaga Cove 4th July 2024! By Writer and Contributor NJ Jaeger
Come to the 59th Palos Verdes Independence Day Celebration at Malaga Cove 4th July 2024!
With Covid isolation behind us, we are excited to welcome all of our Peninsula neighbors to the best old-fashioned hometown 4th of July celebration ever! Join in the family-friendly festivities at Malaga Cove School, 300 Paseo Del Mar, Palos Verdes Estates, CA. July 4th to make some lasting memories!
SCHEDULE
8:30 a.m. Apple Pie Entries
9:30 a.m. Apple Pie Judging takes place 9:30 a.m. Face Painting
9:30 a.m. Line up for Children's Bicycle Parade 10:10 a.m. Children's Patriotic Bicycle Parade 10:15 a.m. Puppet Show
10:30 a.m. Formal Program and Awards
11:30-1:00 Band Concert, Vocals Brenda Lynn 12:00pm Picnic and Family Games
Thanks to our donors who make it possible to keep this PVE tradition alive. The Palos Verdes Independence Day Celebration, 501 c3, continues because of private contributions, not public funds― just the way it was intended from the start. In the spirit of community, would you consider making a donation this year? Your name will be recognized in our program and is tax deductible.
How ‘Bout Them Apples
The popular Apple Pie Contest brings out the culinary flair in entrants aged 7 to 97! All pies must be homemade and contain apples and all entries are due in by 8:30AM. On a whim, my friend Christine entered her apple pie few years ago and won! Generations of winners boast about winning the contest for years!
Merrymaking Bike Parade
Our community is full of some of the most creative parents and kids so it is no surprise that the Bike Parade is always a colorful and fun must-see event. Onlookers cheer and clap for all participants while photos and videos shot that day memorialize a key childhood experience for family posterity.
Picnic Chill & Family Games
Spread out a blanket, lean back in your beach chair and listen to live patriotic music while you enjoy the day’s festivities from your comfortable front row seat. A full picnic basket of family favorites or hamburgers and hot dogs cooked by the Boy Scout Troop 257 will sustain you as you sing along to the star spangled banner and watch your kids compete in the sack race.
America’s Favorite Pastime
We have been fortunate that our community attracts outstanding speakers to observe July 4th with us. One of our favorite Heritage of Freedom keynote speakers from the past was actor Jimmy Stewart who served with the Army Air Force in WWII, and this year, we are honored to hear from the always engaging speaker Mark Langill, Team Historian for the Los Angeles Dodgers. So, if you have them, wear your favorite patriotic Dodger blue jerseys!
No Place Like Home
The Van Dine Family Americanism Award will be presented to Monique Sugimoto the Archivist and Local History Librarian with the Palos Verdes Library District (PVLD). Monique was instrumental in creating the comprehensive Doors Open Peninsula Commemorative Booklet celebrating 100 Years of history on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. She is also the broadcaster of the entertaining electric bike tour video series, Pedal PV which airs on PVLD’s YouTube channel. Just like the peninsula she loves, Monique is a community treasure!
Your Peninsula History Adventure Is Just a Click Away!
Palosverdeshistory.org is the updated digital repository from the Library's Local History Center of all things history for the Palos Verdes Community. To contribute your recollections or images, click on Login to register for an account.
For your next ride (drive or walk) around the Peninsula, checkout the Pedal PV Playlist on the PVLD Youtube channel
Pedal PV Episode 6 is on the Native American history on the Peninsula and documents beautiful artifacts going back 5,000 years. The slides from the digs noted in the episode are in the Slides of Peninsula Archaeological Sites collection on the digital repository.
If you are wondering what kind of collections the Local History Center has, see the collection guides on the Online Archive of California.
Any day is a good day to browse through the Palos Verdes Peninsula News (1937- 1980) hosted at the California Digital Newspaper Collection.
Join Maria Serrao with RPVtv Channel 33 for episodes of History on the Hill with the Local History Center. The latest episode is on Peninsula architecture.
Palos Verdes Independence Day Celebration Committee. Make your donation today!
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Email: palosverdesjuly4@gmail.com
Mail To: P.O. Box 1182, PVE, CA 90274
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NJ is a storyteller who has written in many voices for clients in health, education, entertainment, food, sport and politics. Her firm managed publicity for documentary films, book authors and the U.S. Championships. Now NJ represents nonprofit groups, political campaigns and lifestyle celebrities across the global environmental movement. Currently NJ is providing publicity for the July 4th Independence Day Celebration, PVJuly4.org, in her hometown. NJ received the Lynn Weaver Award from the Entertainment Professional Publicists Society for her lifelong commitment to philanthropy and community volunteerism.