Seasonal & Holidays
July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Jacksonville
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE, FL — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Jacksonville. 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 Jacksonville and the surrounding areas.
July 4 Festivities For 2024
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What: Jacksonville’s 4th of July Fireworks Celebration 2024
Where: various locations across Jacksonville.
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When: July 4, 9 p.m.
Fireworks will light up the sky at various locations across the city at 9 p.m. More event info at: Jacksonville’s 4th of July Fireworks Celebration 2024
What: Jacksonville Beach 4th of July Fireworks 2024
Where: Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier
When: July 4, 8 to 9:30 p.m.
The U.S. Navy band will perform at the Seawalk Pavilion followed by a fireworks show at 9 p.m. More event info at: Jacksonville Beach 4th of July Fireworks 2024
What: Riverside Arts Market Fourth of July Event 2024
Where: Riverside Arts Market, 715 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville
When: July 4, 6 to 10 p.m.
There will be live music, dancing, food trucks, a market and activities. Watch the city’s fireworks display from the market. More event info at: Riverside Arts Market Fourth of July Event 2024
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.
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