Fireworks Near Me: Worcester Area July 4th 2024 Events

Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Worcester.

Jul 3, 2024 8:14 am EDT | Updated Jul 3, 2024 8:19 am EDT

WORCESTER, MA — Independence Day is here, so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Worcester. Area events include fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun.

To help you fit it all in on your 4th of July calendar, Patch has put together a guide to what's going on in Worcester and the surrounding areas. Worcester already held its fireworks celebration on June 28.

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July 4 Festivities Nearby For 2024

• Fitchburg Civic Days Parade, Summer Street, 10 a.m., July 4

• Leonide J. Lemire VFW Run, Southbridge, July 4

• Worcester Red Sox Fireworks, Polar Park, post-game on July 4

• Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, Charles River Esplanade, 8 pm, July 4

• Milford July 4 Fireworks 2024, Fino Field, 9 pm, July 5

Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation with fireworks, parades, concerts, and family gatherings and barbecues. Celebrations, however, predate by centuries the designation of Independence Day as a federal holiday, which didn't happen until 1941.

During the pivotal summer of 1776, the pre-Revolutionary celebrations honoring King George III's birthday were replaced with mock funerals as a symbolic break from the crown.

It was an exciting time in Philadelphia — the Continental Congress voted to break from the crown and, two days later on July 4, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the original 13 colonies —New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia — to adopt the Declaration of Independence.

The first annual commemoration of the nation's independence was in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777, while the Revolutionary War was ongoing. Fireworks have been part of Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.