Stilt walker Way Too Tall Torrie strides down Eastern Promenade on Saturday during Portland’s Stars and Stripes Spectacular. The Independence Day celebration was postponed to July 5 due to heavy rain on the Fourth of July.

Way Too Tall Torrie hands a balloon bracelet to Adamarie Galvez, 9, of Portland, Saturday, July 5, during Portland’s Stars and Stripes Spectacular at Eastern Promenade. The July Fourth celebration was postponed a day because of bad weather.

Members of the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes and Drums depart Portland City Hall to march up Congress Street to Eastern Promenade on Saturday, July 5, for Portland’s Independence Day celebration.