Seasonal & Holidays
July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Milwaukee
Your guide to fireworks, parades, and other July 4 celebrations in and around Milwaukee.
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MILWAUKEE, MN — Independence Day is fast approaching so it's time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Milwaukee. 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 Milwaukee and the surrounding areas.
Find out what's happening in Milwaukeewith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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What: Milwaukee fireworks
Where: Milwaukee city parks
When: Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 10:00 PM
The following parks will have fireworks displays and other July 4 activities:
- Alcott Park
- Gordon Park
- Humboldt Park
- Jackson Park
- Lake Park
- Lincoln Park
- Mitchell Park
- Noyes Park
- Washington Park
- Wilson Park
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 the Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.
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