Kendall caps busy 3-day Firemen’s Carnival with fireworks

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 12 July 2026 at 1:15 pm

Photos by Tom Rivers

KENDALL – Fireworks burst in the sky at the Kendall Firemen’s Carnival on Saturday night next to the Gondola Wheel, one of 12 rides at the carnival from Knox’s Great American Midways in Franklinville.

The fireworks show was bigger than in recent years with the Town of Kendall raising money for the show as part of a 250th anniversary celebration for the United States of America.

Henry Tomasino and Kourtney Marion both volunteered selling waffles for the Kendall Ladies Auxiliary on Saturday night. They did it as part of the 15-hour community service requirement needed to graduate from Kendall.

The food vendors for the fire department said they were busy all three nights, and ran out of some of the items.

The band Tryst closed out the carnival on Saturday, performing in front of several hundred people in and outside the beer tent. Here the band sings, “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith.

The game “I Got It”  was busy on Saturday night.

This goose figurine was dressed up in patriotic red, white and blue near the waffle booth.

here are more photos from the fireworks: