The town of Hope and the Yellow Trail Museum will be holding an old-fashioned Independence Day on Friday, July 1st on the Hope Town Square.

There will be free crafts, games, and contests like the annual watermelon eating contest , seed-spitting contest or sack races for kids and adults. There will also be food including a fish fry by the Hartsville Volunteer Fire Department to benefit the Yellow Trail museum.

The Hope Farmer’s Market will be taking place until about 8 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., the Banister Family Band will perform until the fireworks start at dark.