Big crowd at Pepin Park for Fourth festival

The annual Fourth of July festival in Havre's Pepin Park started in a traditional form Wednesday.

A large crowd had gathered on the picnic tables and benches under the sunny sky by the noon starting time.

Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson

Allen "Woody" Woodwick sings and plays music to kick off the annual Fourth of July celebration in Pepin Park Wednesday afternoon.

Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Brownies joined a veterans' color guard, quietly filing in at the front of the gazebo. A flag was placed on the gazebo, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited and Donna Tilleman sang the national...