Fireworks Near Me: Haddon Township, Haddonfield July 4th 2024 Events

HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Haddon Township and Haddonfield. Area events include fireworks, festivals and other Fourth of July fun.

To help you fit it all in on your 4th of July calendar, Patch has put together a guide to what's going on.

Here's what's happening in and around the area.

Haddon Township's 'Happy Birthday America' Celebration

• Where: Haddon Township High School Football Stadium (406 Memorial Ave., Westmont)
• When: 7-9:30 p.m. July 3 — fireworks at dusk. Rain date of July 5.
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Haddon Township 2024 Independence Day Parade

• Where: Parade registration at the Municipal Building (135 Haddon Ave.); parade route goes down Haddon Avenue and ends at the Crystal Lake Pool Complex (Crystal Lake Avenue).
• When: Registration at 10:30 a.m. July 4, parade from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Haddonfield Independence Day Celebration

• Where: Haddonfield Memorial High School (401 Kings Hwy. E, Haddonfield)
• When: 6 p.m. July 3
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Haddonfield 4th of July Parade

• Where: Kings Highway to Chestnut Street in Downtown Haddonfield
• When: July 4 — registration for participants at 8:30 a.m. on Chestnut Street; antique autos may life up by PATCO after 9:30 a.m.; parade at 10 a.m.
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Cherry Hill Township Independence Day Celebration

• Where: Michael J. Santarpio Field at Jonas C. Morris Stadium, Cherry Hill High School West (2101 Chapel Ave., Cherry Hill)
• When: July 3 — gates open at 6:30 p.m., Masquerade performs at 8 p.m., fireworks at 9 p.m. Rain date of July 5.
• More info.

2024 Freedom Festival at The Camden Waterfront

• Where: Wiggins Park (2 Riverside Dr., Camden)
• When: 5-10 p.m. July 3 — concerts begin at 6 p.m., fireworks over the Delaware River at 9:30 p.m.
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Independence Week Fireworks from the Battleship

• Where: Battleship New Jersey (100 Clinton St., Camden)
• When: 7-10 p.m. July 3
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4th of July Collingswood Bike Parade

• Where: Parade will travel from West Zane Avenue to Knight Park on Browning Road.
• When: July 4 — decorating at 9 a.m., parade at 10 a.m.
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Collingswood Fireworks Spectacular

• Where: Collingswood High School (424 Collings Ave., Collingswood)
• When: July 4. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., performance by TO THE MAX AT 7:45 p.m., fireworks at dusk.
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Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation 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.

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.