4th Of July 2025 Fireworks, Events In And Around Killingly

KILLINGLY, CT — Killingly will hold its Red, White & Blue celebration and fireworks the week before Fourth of

Here's what you should know:

• What: 2025 Killingly Red, White & Blue Celebration With Fireworks
• When: Friday, June 27, beginning 5 p.m.
• Where: Owen Bell Park

Killingly will hold its Red, White & Blue celebration on June 27 beginning at 5 p.m.

There will be free music starting at 6:30 p.m., and a fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m.

New this year is a life DJ within the food vendor court area.

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.