Fireworks Near Me: La Mesa July 4th 2024 Events

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

July 4 Festivities For 2024

La Mesa

July 4: Lake Murray Music Fest and Fireworks: Lake Murray Playground, San Diego (near La Mesa)

El Cajon

July 4: Fourth of July Fireworks: Kennedy Park, El Cajon

Santee

July 4: Santee Salutes: Town Center Community Park East, Santee

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.