2025 July 4th Celebration And Fireworks In Torrington

TORRINGTON, CT — Independence Day falls on a Friday in 2025, kicking off a star-spangled three-day weekend packed with fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun in and around Torrington.

Torrington will hold its Independence Day celebration the week after July 4:

• What: Torrington's 2025 4th Of July Celebration And Fireworks
• When: Friday, July 11, beginning 4 p.m.
• Where: Torrington Middle School

The city of Torrington Fourth of July fireworks will take place on Friday, July 11, at Torrington Middle School.

The celebration will begin at 4 p.m. and go until 10 p.m.

There will be live music, food, drinks and carnival rides.

Parking is $10 per vehicle at Torrington Middle School, $10 per vehicle at Bishop Donnelly, and $2 per person for walk-ins.

There is a rain date of July 12.

More information can be found here.

Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. In that document, the 13 original colonies declared their independence from Great Britain.

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.

Today, Americans celebrate 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.