July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around New Milford

NEW MILFORD, 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 New Milford.

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 New Milford and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2025:

Information via The Greater New Milford Chamber of Commerce website:

The Greater New Milford Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the Town of New Milford presents the town's Independence Day Celebration on July 6 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on the Green.

• Construction of the Cake Flag, Sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Greater New Milford begins at 5 PM
• Opening remarks and welcome begins at 5:30 pm
• Music at the Bandstand with Dan Sawyer 6-9.30 pm
• Fireworks at Dusk (approximately 9.30pm)
• Fireworks to be launched from Young’s Field Rd.
• Rail Road St., Patriot’s Way (and parking lot) & Bank St. to be closed at 8:45 p.m. for street viewing. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy!
• Roads to reopen after disbursing of crowds. If your car is inside these boundaries you will need to wait until fireworks are complete and the roads reopen to leave.

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.