Fireworks Near Me: Smithtown July 4th 2024 Events

SMITHTOWN, NY — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Smithtown. 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 Smithtown and the surrounding areas.

July 4 Festivities For 2024

What: Long Island Ducks Postgame Fireworks Spectacular
Where: Fairfield Properties Ballpark, 3 Court House Drive, Central Islip
When: 6:45 p.m. July 3
More info: Enjoy a spectacular fireworks show after cheering on Long Island's minor league baseball team, the Long Island Ducks. Fireworks shows are free with the purchase of tickets to any of the games. To learn about every post-game fireworks spectacular and promotional event games through September, click here. July 3 and 4 and also July 20, July 27, Aug. 3, Aug. 17, and Sept.14.

What: Fireworks Spectacular at Jones Beach

Where: Jones Beach State Park, 1 Ocean Pkwy, Wantagh
When: 9:30 p.m. July 4
More info: Jovia Financial Credit Union will be hosting the Firework Spectacular at Jones Beach State Park on the 4th of July. The fireworks display will be set to a musical array of patriotic songs. Arrive early for a prime seat on the Central Mall beachfront and to avoid traffic delays.

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.