• Decorated floats help create the Greenville Pots and Pans parade.
    Decorated floats help create the Greenville Pots and Pans parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Owen Crooker, left, Elizabeth Crooker, Ivy Desrosiers, Londyn Bertram, Dekker Bertram, Charlotte Cain and Olivia Cain enjoy popsicles at the fire station during the bike parade.
    Owen Crooker, left, Elizabeth Crooker, Ivy Desrosiers, Londyn Bertram, Dekker Bertram, Charlotte Cain and Olivia Cain enjoy popsicles at the fire station during the bike parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade.
    Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Fire trucks light up the night for the Greenville Pots and Pans parade.
    Fire trucks light up the night for the Greenville Pots and Pans parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade.
    Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Key Industries took second place int he float contest.
    Key Industries took second place int he float contest. Credit: Courtesy
  • Greenville celebrates the Fourth of July.
    Greenville celebrates the Fourth of July. Credit: Courtesy
  • Nate's Septic took first place in the float contest.
    Nate’s Septic took first place in the float contest. Credit: Courtesy
  • Nate's Septic took first place in the float contest.
    Nate’s Septic took first place in the float contest. Credit: Courtesy
  • Key Industries took second place int he float contest.
    Key Industries took second place int he float contest. Credit: Courtesy
  • Key Industries took second place int he float contest.
    Key Industries took second place int he float contest. Credit: Courtesy
  • Fire trucks light up the night for the Greenville Pots and Pans parade.
    Fire trucks light up the night for the Greenville Pots and Pans parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Adeline and Aubrey Hatcher celebrate the holiday with painted faces.
    Adeline and Aubrey Hatcher celebrate the holiday with painted faces. Credit: Courtesy
  • The third place float "Red, White and Rowdy" created by Mascenic graduates and current students.
    The third place float “Red, White and Rowdy” created by Mascenic graduates and current students. Credit: Courtesy
  • Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade.
    Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade. Credit: Courtesy
  • Fireworks light the sky at Greenville's Pots and Pans celebrations.
    Fireworks light the sky at Greenville’s Pots and Pans celebrations. Credit: Courtesy
  • Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade.
    Children decorate their bikes with red, white and blue for a bicycle parade. Credit: Courtesy

Greenville’s Fourth of July celebrations, as is town tradition, started on July 3, with celebrations on the town field and a children’s bike parade, leading up to the midnight Pots and Pans Parade. Complete with floats, fire trucks from area towns, and people marching while banging the titular pots and pans, the parade was packed with onlookers celebrating America’s 250th birthday.