MONTGOMERY, OH (FOX19) -  The annual Independence Day Parade is set for Thursday, July 4, 2013.  Be a part of Montgomery’s July 4th celebration by volunteering, entering a unit or participating in this yearly event. 

Parade entry applications are found online at www.montgomeryohio.org. Residents, neighborhood associations and local businesses are invited to be a part of Montgomery’s July 4 celebration.

Applications for parade entries are due no later than Thursday, June 20.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Every year in April, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and the Kenton County Public Library come together for El Dia de los Niños / Dia de los Libros (or Children’s Day / Book Day). It’s an exciting multicultural fiesta where books become the bridges for children and their families to celebrate literacy across different cultures and backgrounds. From year to year, El Dia rotates across the Ohio River. This year, the free festivities will take place Saturday, April 27, from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. at the Bond Hill Branch Library.

MOUNT LOOKOUT, OH (FOX19) - The Cincinnati Observatory is celebrating 168 years of bringing the latest and greatest in Astronomy to local residents.

The Observatory is holding an event on Sunday, April 14 from 8pm - 10pm to help the public learn the story of the people who made Cincinnati the "Birthplcae of American Astronomy."

On April 14, 1845, in the gray of a lingering twilight, Observatory founder Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel took his first look through the Great Cincinnati Telescope, the 3rd largest in the World.  He saw the Moon, "her mountain heights, her rocky precipices and her dells", Jupiter, "globe of surpassing splendor", the Saturnian system, "the mind over whelmed in wonder and astonishment."

 Reservations are not needed for this event.
 The event is $7 dollars per person and free for Observatory members.