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Fireworks Near Me: Sayville-Bayport July 4th 2024 Events
Your guide to fireworks, parades and other July 4 celebrations in and around Sayville-Bayport.
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SAYVILLE-BAYPORT, NY —Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Sayville and Bayport. 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 Sayville and Bayport and the surrounding areas.
July 4 Festivities For 2024
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Celebrate America Fireworks & Concert
- Where: Eisenhower Park, East Meadow
- When: July 3, 5:30-10 p.m.
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- Where: Oak St. to Park Ave., Amityville
- When: July 3, 5 p.m.-10 p.m.
Village of Amityville Annual July 4th Parade
- Where: South Bayview Ave., Amityville
- When: July 4, 10-11:30 a.m.
- Where: Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh
- When: July 4, 9:30 p.m.
- Where: Tobay Beach, Massapequa
- When: July 9, 7:30 p.m.
- Where: Tanner Park, Copiague
- When: Saturday, July 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Long Island Ducks Postgame Fireworks Spectacular
- Where: Fairfield Properties Ballpark, Central Islip.
- When: July 3, 4, 20, 27; Aug. 3, 17; and Sept.14
- Where: The boardwalk, Long Beach
- When: July 12, 9:10 p.m.
St. Rocco Festival & Fireworks
- Where: Fireman's Field, Oyster Bay
- When: July 12, 6-11 p.m.
Rockville Centre Fireworks and Music
- Where: Rockville Centre
- When: July 13, 7-9:30 p.m.
- Where: Overlook & Cedar beaches, Babylon
- When: Aug. 17, noon-9:30 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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