Fourth of July celebration scheduled near Harpster Posted on June 29, 2015 0 HARPSTER — The public is invited to attend the 52nd Independence Day observance at 12 p.m. July 4 at John Green Cemetery near Harpster. Elizabeth Needles will read the Declaration of Independence. The reading time will be approximately 20 minutes. Attendees are invited to bring a picnic lunch, blankets, tables and chairs. The cemetery is located off the east side of Prospect-Upper Sandusky Road, approximately 7.9 miles north of Big Island or approximately 2 miles south of Harpster on CH 119. In the event of rain, the reading will move to the firehouse in Morral. For more information, call 740-496-4242, 740-360-2901, 740-360-4746 or 614-203-0023.