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July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Glen Cove
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Glen Cove.
GLEN COVE, NY — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Glen Cove. 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 Glen Cove and the surrounding area.
July 4 Festivities For 2024
Find out what's happening in Glen Covefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Glen Covefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Where: Sea Cliff Children's Library, 300 Sea Cliff Ave., Sea Cliff, NY, 11579
- When: 6 p.m. July 3
Oyster Bay AmVets Independence Day Parade
- Where: Oyster Bay Community Center, 59 Church St, Oyster Bay, NY, 11771
- When: 9:30 a.m. July 4
Sea Cliff Patriotic Bike Parade
- Where: from Memorial Park to Clifton Park
- When: 10 a.m. June 29
Traditional Reading of the Declaration of Independence
- Where: Sea Cliff Village Library
- When: 10 a.m. July 4
- Where: Tobay Beach in Massapequa
- When: July 9
Glen Cove Children's Parade, Concert, Fireworks
- Where: Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. at Robert Finley Middle School. Concert starts at 7:30 at Morgan Memorial Park
- When: July 4
- Where: Eisenhower Park, 1899 Hempstead Tpke, East Meadow
- When: July 3
- Where: Long Beach boardwalk
- When: July 12
4th of July Fireworks at Jones Beach
- Where: Wantagh
- When: July 4
- Where: Barasch Field, 244 S Park Ave, Rockville Centre
- When: July 13
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.
(Feel like taking a road trip? Try the 245th Anniversary of the Battle of Stony Point on July 13. Many reenactors will be on hand including the 2nd NY Regiment, Lamb's Artillery, and Spencer's Regiment. Artillery and musket demonstrations will be held throughout the day. Visit with the soldiers and ladies to learn about life during the American Revolution.)
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