Lots of events planned for Freedom Festival

• Historic Home Tour through July Fourth. Self-guided tour of buildings listed on the local and national historic registers. Guidebooks available at the Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, 111 S. University Ave.; the Provo City Library at Academy Square, 550 N. University Ave.; the Provo City Utilities Building, 251 W. 800 North; the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce in the Historic County Courthouse, Suite 215; and Los Hermanos, 10 W. Center. Free.

• Children's Parade, June 30 at 10:30 a.m. Provo Center Street, beginning at 800 E. Center and proceeding west to 200 E. Center. Popsicles at the end. Free.

• Freedom Awards Gala, June 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the BYU Wilkinson Center Ballroom. This year honorees include Jaden Bliss from Lehi; Gen. Bruce Carlson; BYU alumnus Gayland "Mike" Mills; World War II veteran Bert Brady; and Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone of the LDS Church. Cost: $40 per person, reserved in advance. BYU Marriott Ticket Office, call 422-BYU1.

• Patriotic Service, July 1 at 7 p.m. in the McKay Events Center, Utah Valley State College, 1200 S. University Parkway, Orem. First-come, first-served seating. Guest speaker is Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, emeritus general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Free.

• Family Miniature Golf and Barbecue, July 2 from 5-9 p.m., at Cascade Golf Center, 1313 E. 800 N. Orem. Cost: $35 per family up to six. Enjoy a round of golf and a hamburger. Reservations required. Call 225-6677.

• Freedom Jam/Family Basketball Blast, July 2 and 3 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Open Court, 4425 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi. For registration information call 768-4000.

• Freedom Days, July 2 from noon to 10 p.m. is Family Day with local entertainment, food and family activities provided; July 3 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. is Freedom Day, a day to celebrate diversity and gratitude for freedoms; July Fourth from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. is centered on America's birthday. Activities will be set up at Center Street and University Avenue to 200 W. Center at Tabernacle Square, at the County Courthouse and in the surrounding areas.

• Colonial Days at the Crandall Historical Printing Museum, 275 E. Center, Provo. July 2 from 1-10 p.m.; July 3 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; July Fourth from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Includes an opportunity to see a rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence. Visit a colonial encampment, visit with a descendant of Pocahontas. Free.

• Children's Art show, through July 28 (except July Fourth), at the Health and Justice Building, 151 S. University Ave., Provo. Free.