{"id":9289,"date":"2021-07-06T03:10:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=9289"},"modified":"2021-07-06T03:10:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:10:48","slug":"lavallette-independence-day-weekend-recap-patriotism-and-pickleball-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2021\/07\/lavallette-independence-day-weekend-recap-patriotism-and-pickleball-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavallette Independence Day Weekend Recap: Patriotism and Pickleball Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9303\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9303\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9303\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695-800x529.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695-1160x768.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0695.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lavallette celebrated the Independence Day weekend with all traditions \u2013 old and new \u2013 in place this year. Photos of weekend events can be seen below.<\/p>\n<p>The borough saw its status as a something of a pickleball capital bloom over the weekend with players from across the area coming together for games on the new courts. Residents and visitors also enjoyed the annual Patriotic Bike Parade on the boardwalk and celebrations throughout town.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks will be held next Sunday, July 11, 2021 at dusk following a bayfront concert at the gazebo off Bay Boulevard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9301\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9301\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9301\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0701.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9296\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9296\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9296\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9290\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9290\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9290\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0690.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9292\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9292\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9292\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0692.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9295\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9295\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9295\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696-1160x1547.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0696.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"v-yA3Tt5Wj-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/yA3Tt5Wj?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9299\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9299\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9299\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0700.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9298\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9298\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9298\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0699.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9297\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9297\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9297\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0698.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9293\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9293\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9293\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0693.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9302\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9302\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9302\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702-1160x870.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0702.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavallette celebrates July 4 weekend, 2021. (Photos: Anita Zalom)<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2021\/07\/lavallette-independence-day-weekend-recap-patriotism-and-pickleball-star\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lavallette celebrated the Independence Day weekend with all traditions \u2013 old and new \u2013 in place this year. Photos of weekend events can be seen below. The borough saw its status as a something of a pickleball capital bloom over the weekend with players from across the area coming together for games on the new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,2],"tags":[1178,29,1828],"class_list":["post-9289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-lavallette","tag-independence-day","tag-lavallette-nj-news","tag-summer-2021"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_0697.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-2pP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}