Fireworks Nearby: Clinton Events July 4, 2024

CLINTON, CT — Independence Day is fast approaching, so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Clinton. Area events include fireworks, festivals, and other Fourth of July entertainment.

Fourth of July festivities for 2024

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What: 2024 Clinton Summerfest and fireworks
Where: Municipal beach and town hall
When: August 24, 4 p.m.

The annual summer celebration is scheduled for August 24. Attendees can enjoy a variety of activities, delicious food and a spectacular fireworks display.

Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation with fireworks, parades, concerts, family reunions and barbecues. The celebrations, however, predate the designation of Independence Day as a federal holiday by centuries, which did not occur until 1941.

In the pivotal summer of 1776, pre-revolutionary celebrations honoring King George III's birthday were replaced by a mock funeral as a symbolic break from the crown.

It was an exciting time in Philadelphia: the Continental Congress voted to break with 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 took place in Philadelphia on July 4, 1777, while the Revolutionary War was still going on. Fireworks have been a part of Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.