PHOTO OF THE DAY: WAITING PATIENTLY

As dark closes in, Lawson Hall, right, and Myles Miller sit atop a pickup cab waiting for the fireworks show to begin. It was the end of a warm but festive Independence Day celebration in Freeman Sunday, July 3 as the community marked the occasion in its traditional way — with youth softball and baseball games, chislic, other concessions, amateur baseball between the Blacksox and Tabor Bluebirds, and the light show to cap the night.