ROTTERDAM — Crowds flocked to Mabee Farm in Rotterdam Junction on Friday to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday one day early.
The July 4th on the 3rd: America’s 250th Birthday Bash event was presented by Schenectady County. It featured live music, fireworks, kids activities, food and drinks, “George and Martha Washington,” poet Phillis Wheatley, naturalist Benjamin Bannecker and Colonel Christopher Yates. Philadelphia Freedom, an Elton John tribute act, also performed…