UPDATE: BECAUSE OF RAINY WEATHER, THE CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY, JULY 6.

Thursday, July 2, is the night for the Syracuse Symphony's Annual Independence Day Concert at Thompson Park in Watertown.

Festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m., as Operation Yellow Ribbon honors the servicemen and women in a patriotic pre-show concert featuring the 10th Mountain Division Band.

The Symphony will take the stage at 8:00 p.m. and perform a program of familiar American melodies and patriotic favorites by John Williams, George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa and more.

The Fort Drum Color Guard will begin with a presentation of colors, while the SSO plays the National Anthem.

A grand fireworks display will follow the concert finale of Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture and the patriotic favorite, Stars and Stripes Forever.

For more information about Summertime with the Syracuse Symphony, presented by National Grid, please call the SSO Box Office at (315) 424-8200 or (800) 724-3810, or visit www.SyracuseSymphony.org.

In the event of inclement weather, this concert will be held on July 6 at 8:00 p.m.

If a rain location is needed on July 6, the concert will take place at Watertown High School.