July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Escondido

ESCONDIDO, CA — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Escondido. 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 Escondido and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

Escondido

July 4: Independence Day Festival and Fireworks: California Center for the Arts, Escondido

Poway

July 4: Fourth of July Fireworks: Poway High School, Poway

July 4: Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration: Old Poway Park, Poway

San Marcos

July 4: Fourth of July Celebration: Bradley Park, San Marcos

Vista

July 4: Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks: Brengle Terrace Park, Vista

See our complete guide to Fourth of July events in San Diego County: July 4th Fireworks 2024 In San Diego County

Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation with fireworks, parades, concerts, and family gatherings and barbecues. Celebrations, though, 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.