July 4th 2025 Fireworks In Litchfield

LITCHFIELD, 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 Litchfield.

Here is information about the upcoming summer celebration kickoff event and fireworks show in Litchfield:

• What: 2025 Litchfield Community Summer Kickoff Celebration And Fireworks
• When: Friday, June 27, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Where: Plumb Hill Middle School

There will be music from SouthernVoice, along with food trucks, an ice cream truck, bounce house and more. Gates open at 6 p.m., with live music from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The night will end with fireworks at dusk, sponsored by the town of Litchfield.

More information, including details on registration and parking, 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.