From Slippery Rock and Harrisville to Mars and Zelienople, Butler County celebrated the Fourth of July weekend with family, food and fun.

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Thea Taylor, 5, of Slippery Rock had her face painted Saturday afternoon at the third annual Slippery Rock Independence Day celebration on South Main Street. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

Slippery Rock recognizes holiday with festivities

Two blocks of South Main Street in the borough were turned into a festival of Americana on Saturday during the borough’s third annual Independence Day celebration.

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Jasetin, 7, and Tenley, 3, sit on the sidewalk to watch the parade in Harrisville.

Harrisville holds big celebration

Residents of Harrisville, Grove City, Slippery Rock, Marion and other counties crowded the parade route for what Ken Miller, pastor of Harrisville United Methodist Church, described as the largest event in Harrisville all year.

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Amber Barkley and husband Israel Barkley, of Harmony, watch in style for the Zelienople 4th of July Parade on Main St in Zelienople. Israel is 47 years old and claims that's how long he has been a spectator at the parade. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Zelie parade highlighted something for everyone

There's no telling exactly how many people took to the streets of Zelienople on Monday, with lawn chairs in some places two rows deep for the borough’s annual Fourth of July parade.

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Kids on bikes are a highlight of the Independence Day Celebration parade in Mars. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Mars celebrates the 4th with parade

The annual parade brought something for people of all ages to enjoy, which included food vendors, balloon artists and airbrush tattoo artists near the spaceship by The Narrative Church and the Christian Community Church of Richland.

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