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July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Patchogue
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Patchogue.
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PATCHOGUE, NY — Independence Day is fast approaching, so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Patchogue 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 around Patchogue and the surrounding areas.
July 4 Festivities For 2024
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Port Jefferson
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Where: West and East Beach. Fireworks will be going off at West Beach. The fireworks are not viewable from Port Jeff Harbor. This event is for Port Jefferson residents.
When: Fireworks: Wednesday, July 3, 9 p.m.; rain date July 7.
The parade, sponsored by the Port Jefferson Fire Department, takes place at 10 a.m. on Independence day, on Main Street.
Patchogue
What: Lions Club 4th of July Parade, Patchogue
Where: Main Street
When: July 4, 10:30 a.m.
Come down to Main Street for the annual Lions Club 4th of July Parade. Kicking off at 10:30 a.m. and heading east from the intersection of Main Street and West Ave.
Farmingville
What: Bald Hill OF July Celebration and Fireworks, plus free concert
Where: Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater at Bald Hill
When: July 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Bellport
Where: Bellport Lane, Bellport
When: July 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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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