4th Of July 2025 Fireworks With The Hartford Yard Goats

HARTFORD, 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 Hartford.

Here is information about the upcoming fireworks display with the Hartford Yard Goats.

• What: 4th Of July Fireworks 2025 With The Hartford Yard Goats
• When: Thursday, July 3, after the game
• Where: Dunkin' Donuts Park

The Hartford Yard Goats will celebrate the 4th of July with a fireworks show on July 3 following their game with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the affiliate of the New York Mets.

Gates will open at 4:30 p.m., with first pitch slated for 6:10 p.m.

More information on tickets 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.