July 4th 2024 Fireworks, events around Swampscott

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Independence Day is fast approaching, so it’s time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Swampscott. Events in the area include fireworks, festivals and other 4th of July fun.

To help you fit it all into your July 4th calendar, Patch has created a guide to what’s going on in Swampscott and the surrounding areas.

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July 4th holidays for 2024

What: Swampscott Fireworks July 3rd
Where: City Hall lawn
When: 17:15 to 21:15

Swampscott City Hall Lawn will host a day of food, music and a beer garden beginning at 5 p.m., with fireworks set to begin at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.)

What: Swampscott 4th of July Races
Where: Phillips Park
When: 9:30am

The day of sprints for those from toddlers to over 60s will be held starting at 10:30 a.m. with a donation to the Anchor Food Pantry the race fee. Suggested donations include cereal boxes, granola bars, macaroni and cheese boxes, and juice boxes.

Race categories include a 15-meter dash for 2-year-olds and under, a 20-meter dash for 3-5-year-olds, a 25-meter dash for preschoolers, a 35-meter dash for first through third grade, a 40-meter dash. – the yard run for fourth through eighth grades and a 50-meter dash for the adult age categories of 14-25, 26-39, 40-59 and over 60.

Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation with fireworks, parades, concerts, and family gatherings and barbecues. However, the holidays predate the designation of Independence Day as a federal holiday by centuries, which did not occur 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 secede 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 in progress. Fireworks have been part of the Fourth of July festivities since the first celebration in Philadelphia.