4th Of July 2025 Fireworks And Concert In Orange

ORANGE, 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 Orange.

Here is information about the upcoming Fourth of July fireworks show in Orange:

• What: 4th Of July 2025 Fireworks And Concert In Orange
• When: Saturday, July 5, gates open 3 p.m.
• Where: Orange Fairgrounds

Orange's Fourth of July 2025 fireworks and concert is scheduled for July 5 at the Orange Fairgrounds, according to 99.1 PLR.

The Bernadettes will be performing, PLR reported. Gates will open at 3 p.m., fireworks begin at dusk.

PLR also notes there will be food trucks and novelty items available for purchase

The rain date is Sunday, July 6.

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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.