July 4th 2025 Fireworks, Events Around Rockville Centre

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — 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 Rockville Centre.

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 Rockville Centre and the surrounding areas.

July 4th Festivities for 2025

• Holiday Rockville Centre Fireworks, July 12 at Barasch Field
• Fireworks, 9:30 p.m. at Jones Beach State Park
• Long Beach Fireworks, July 11 at 9 p.m., Ocean Beach Park
• Empire State Fair Spectacular Fireworks Display, 9 p.m. Nassau Coliseum
• Valley Stream Fireworks and Concert, July 5 at 7 p.m.. Firemen's Memorial Field
• Glen Cove 4th of July Bike Parade, Robert M. Finley Middle School at 9:30 a.m.
• Massapequa Park Parade, Lake Shore Drive at 10 a.m.
• Salute to America, July 8 at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa

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.