Old-fashioned Independence Day in Hope scuttled

The Hope Old-Fashioned Independence Day Celebration has been cancelled for this summer.

Organizers at the Yellow Trail Museum in Hope say that Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Back on Track plan does not allow for gatherings of more than 250 people until July 4th and the event was originally scheduled for July 3rd on the Hope Town Square.

The museum board members decided it it is prudent to cancel the celebration in light of so many unknowns.