Get your flares and RING UNION LAKE RED for our firework celebration!
Look for signs in a few of
your neighbors yards the week before the 4th of July and stop by to buy your flares. Flares are 5 for $20 Flares and should be lit at 10:00 p.m. on July 3rd right before our firework
show.
You can also buy flares to light on July 4th!
HISTORY:
EACH YEAR SINCE THE EARLY
1980’S LAKEFRONT OWNERS AND ACCESS SITES HAVE LIT FLARES AROUND THE LAKE TO CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY.
ORIGINALLY
FLARE SALES FOR THE 4TH OF JULY
WERE DONE BY THE UNION LAKE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AS A FUND RAISER. AFTER THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS DEACTIVATED THESE SALES STOPPED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SOMETIME IN THE EARLY 1980’S THE
IDEA OF USING FLARE SALES AS A FUND RAISER FOR THE UNION LAKE SHORES ASSOCIATION WAS HATCHED. SINCE THAT TIME THERE HAS BEEN OVER $10,000 RAISED THROUGH THIS EVENT THAT HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THE
ULSA TREASURY.