Parades, fireworks ready for 4th of July celebration

Fourth of July plans promise lots of fun around the county when the big day arrives Saturday. Traditional parades in Johnson and Albion will kick off the day, and celebrations in Endicott and Pullman will conclude the festivities with their fireworks lighting up the night skies.

JOHNSON

It all started with six bored kids, and now it has become one of the biggest events each summer for Whitman County. It also could claim the most unique trophy if somebody had one.

The Druffel siblings found themselves bored on that Tuesday in 1967, the Fourth of July, and asked their parents why they never went...