Fireworks Near Me: Westfield July 4th 2024 Events

WESTFIELD, NJ — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Westfield. 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 in Westfield and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

• What: Union Township 4th of July Festivities
• Where: F Edward Biertuempful Memorial Park, Union
• When: Thursday, July 4, at 7:30 p.m.

The night will kick off with a concert at 7:30pm featuring the Misson Dance as they play high-energy music, followed by a fireworks display.

Free Admission. Bring lawn chairs and blankets.

For more information visit https://www.uniontownship.com/...

• What: Summit's 77th Annual 4th of July Celebration 2024
• Where: Soldiers Memorial Field, Summit
• When: Thursday, July 4 at Noon

Summit's Fourth of July is a day-long celebration marked by traditions starting with the Children's Decorated Bicycle Parade and ending with the Grand Fireworks Display.

The Food Truck Festival will welcome a variety of vendors and will be expanded. Evening entertainment will feature Daddy Pop on the main stage. Carnival rides and children's entertainment, bands and vendor displays will be at Soldier's Memorial Field all day long from 12 p.m. until after the fireworks at 9 p.m.

For more information visit https://www.summitcommunitypro...

• What: Rahway 4th of July Fireworks
• Where: Rahway Park
• When: Wednesday, July 3 from 9 to 9:30 p.m.

Rain date July 5. For more information visit https://www.cityofrahway.org/C...

• What: Springfield's July 4th Celebration 2024
• Where: Meisel Avenue Park, 278 Meisel Ave, Springfield
• When: Thursday, July 4 at 5 p.m.

Springfield's July 4th Celebration kicks off at 5 p.m. at Meisel Avenue Park. A DJ will perform from 5 to 7:30 p.m. followed by a concern from 8 to 9 p.m. Fireworks will be held at dusk.

The free event includes food trucks, inflatables, petting zoo, pony rides, trackless train, DJ and Live entertainment.

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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.