Western Enterprises Inc. personnel take a portrait with their mortar rack setup and firing system for the annual fireworks display on Friday on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Western Enterprises Inc. personnel take a portrait with their mortar rack setup and firing system for the annual fireworks display on Friday on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Stephen McGatfick, Western Enterprises Inc. technician, makes final adjustments to the mortar firing systems, Friday afternoon on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Stephen McGatfick, Western Enterprises Inc. technician, makes final adjustments to the mortar firing systems, Friday afternoon on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Farmington Fire Wildland Team personnel set up a mobile water trough for potential brush fires from the fireworks display on Sullivan Hill on Friday. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Farmington Fire Wildland Team personnel set up a mobile water trough for potential brush fires from the fireworks display on Sullivan Hill on Friday. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Gary (foreground) and Otiz Ruben, Western Enterprises Inc. personnel, brace up the mortar racks with metal strips in the final prep on Sullivan Hill on Friday, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Gary (foreground) and Otiz Ruben, Western Enterprises Inc. personnel, brace up the mortar racks with metal strips in the final prep on Sullivan Hill on Friday, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Racks of mortar tubes are set up with their firing systems and programmed for the fireworks display on Friday night, July 3, on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Racks of mortar tubes are set up with their firing systems and programmed for the fireworks display on Friday night, July 3, on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Farmington Fire Wildland Team meet and brief on safety measures and potential bushfire outbreaks from the fireworks display on Sullivan Hill on Friday, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Farmington Fire Wildland Team meet and brief on safety measures and potential bushfire outbreaks from the fireworks display on Sullivan Hill on Friday, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Ron Burnett, left, lead technician for Western Enterprises Inc., and his assistant Stephen McGatfick take a small break before conducting a continuity check and final systems check on the fireworks display of mortar racks on Friday, July 3, 2026, on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Ron Burnett, left, lead technician for Western Enterprises Inc., and his assistant Stephen McGatfick take a small break before conducting a continuity check and final systems check on the fireworks display of mortar racks on Friday, July 3, 2026, on Sullivan Hill. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The annual fireworks display rises above the Farmington skyline on Sullivan Hill on Friday night, July 3. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The Zhao family from China are excited to see the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. The Zhaos have lived in Farmington for two years. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The Zhao family from China are excited to see the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. The Zhaos have lived in Farmington for two years. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Farmington Police Department Chief Steve Hebbe walks the Freedom Days Electric Light parade route on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Farmington Police Department Chief Steve Hebbe walks the Freedom Days Electric Light parade route on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Armani Arriettq performs a wheelie during the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Armani Arriettq performs a wheelie during the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Bureau of Land Management Farmington Taos Wildland Fire Team members walk the Freedom Days Electric Light parade route on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Bureau of Land Management Farmington Taos Wildland Fire Team members walk the Freedom Days Electric Light parade route on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Irvin Shaggy, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, waves to the Freedom Days Electric Light parade crowd on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Irvin Shaggy, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, waves to the Freedom Days Electric Light parade crowd on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Lynae Tahdeezbaa Rafael, 2025-26 Miss Kirtland Middle School, waves to the Freedom Days Electric Light parade crowd on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Lynae Tahdeezbaa Rafael, 2025-26 Miss Kirtland Middle School, waves to the Freedom Days Electric Light parade crowd on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Jeanette Yazzie, member of the Four Corners Blue Star Mothers Chapter One and mother of late U.S. Sgt. Clifton Yazzie, walks in the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. Sgt. Clifton Yazzie was killed in action during the Operation Iraqi Freedom conflict in January 2006. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Jeanette Yazzie, member of the Four Corners Blue Star Mothers Chapter One and mother of late U.S. Sgt. Clifton Yazzie, walks in the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. Sgt. Clifton Yazzie was killed in action during the Operation Iraqi Freedom conflict in January 2006. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Eugena Charles-Newtown, Shiprock Chapter Delegate, smiles and waves to the Freedom Days Electric Light parade crowd on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Eugena Charles-Newtown, Shiprock Chapter Delegate, smiles and waves to the Freedom Days Electric Light parade crowd on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
DaeShondria Dee, 2025-26 Miss Northern Navajo, during the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
DaeShondria Dee, 2025-26 Miss Northern Navajo, during the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Bentley Brown, left, and Taytum Vanbuskirk with their painted faces during the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Bentley Brown, left, and Taytum Vanbuskirk with their painted faces during the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The DeMay patiently awaited the start of the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
The DeMay patiently awaited the start of the Freedom Days Electric Light parade on Saturday in downtown Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)