Lawrence Fireworks Set for July 5

Thanks to a successful fundraising drive by the township's Recreation Department, Lawrence will celebrate Independence Day with the annual fireworks show on July 5. 

The event will be held on the Rider University Campus on Friday with a concert preceding the fireworks show. Local band Kindred Spirit is scheduled to play at 7 p.m., followed by fireworks at about 9:45 p.m.

The recreation department sponsored numerous fundraisers over the past few months to generate the funding for the show, which does not fall under the township's municipal budget.

Independence Day fireworks have been a Lawrence Township tradition for the past 30 years. In 2010, the fireworks show was cancelled when funding was cut to help balance the municipal budget. Realizing that municipal funding was not going to be available for the fireworks again in 2011 either, the recreation department started a fundraising campaign.

Thanks to those efforts, the township’s Independence Day celebrations for the past three years are funded entirely by donations.

The celebration will begin at around 7:30 p.m. at Rider University, located at 2083 Lawrenceville Road.