Spirit of America Festival

The Spirit of America Festival is an outdoor Fourth of July celebration typically held over a period of two days at Point Mallard Park in Decatur, Alabama. Featuring a variety of traditional summer activities, the event is organized and staged by an all-volunteer board.

The major highlights of the festival are presentations of two special awards given to notable citizens: the Audie Murphy Patriotism Award and the Barrett C. Shelton Freedom Award, the latter named after the locally revered Decatur Daily publisher whose family still controls the newspaper, as well as one of North Alabama's largest aerial fireworks displays.

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