Copperas Cove plans two Fourth of July celebrations this year
Copperas Cove families will have a $2 lunch at the Allin House or a full-day VFW gathering with breakfast, games and bell ringing on July 4.
The Copperas Cove Historical Society will host its celebration at the Allin House, 401 N. Main St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Copperas Cove families will have two local Independence Day choices on July 4: a midday fundraiser at the Allin House and an all-day gathering at VFW Post 8577. One centers on a historic home on North Main Street, while the other leans into a decades-long veterans’ tradition on Veterans Avenue.
The event will include live music, games, a cake walk, a bouncy house and other entertainment for all ages, with hot dog and chips meals sold for $2. A raffle and silent auction will also help raise money for restoration work at the city-owned house.
Completed in 1913, the former home of Copperas Cove’s first mayor, Jouett Allin, was named a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark in 1998. City Council approved a 10-year lease for the property in February 2025 at $10 per year, with the historical society taking on utilities, inspections, maintenance and grant-seeking. The city also set aside $150,000 in matching funds for future grants, and in April the historical society told council it had spent the previous year cleaning, landscaping and maintaining the house while continuing to raise money for repairs.
The other option runs longer and starts earlier. Copperas Cove Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8577, at 1506 Veterans Ave., will host its Independence Day observance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. American Legion 582 will prepare breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m., followed by a cornhole tournament at 10 a.m. and a day of yard games and family activities, including giant Connect 4, giant Jenga, giant Yardzee, washers, ring toss, yard pong and water balloons. The post’s annual bell-ringing observance is tied to the national Let Freedom Ring ceremony authorized by Congress in 1963, and the Copperas Cove post has taken part for more than 50 years.
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