Date set for Live Oak Freedom Festival
By Susan K. Lamb Riverbend News
The July 4 weekend will be a time to finally celebrate America, Florida and Suwannee County again after pandemic shutdowns in 2020-2021. In 2020, the festival was reduced to a drive-in only fireworks show. This year, the annual Freedom Festival will return with a goal to have the community come together again.
The city is working with Suwannee County Health Department Administrator Kerry Waldron on what to do about social distancing, if anything. Since this local meeting, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended the state’s remaining COVID-19 public health restrictions, but said private businesses can still require masks and enforce social distancing an
