July 4, 2024 Fireworks, events around Danvers

DANVERS, MA — Independence Day is fast approaching, so it’s time to find out where you can celebrate in and around Danvers. Events in the Danvers 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 happening in Danvers and the surrounding areas.

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July 4th holidays for 2024

What: Beverly 4th of July fireworks
Where: West Beach
When: 21.00

Beverly will host its annual July 4th fireworks display near West Beach. Wristbands will be required to enter West Beach all day on the 4th for fireworks. Only West Beach sticker holders can enter the beach on July 4th before 5:00 pm After 5:00 pm, holders without stickers and wristbands will be allowed on the beach for fireworks.

Wristbands are $20 before the event and $25 on July 4th. Tickets will not be sold at the gate after 5pm. Tickets are available at the Book Shop at Beverly Farms, Cork & Cash, Daily Printing and Prides Crossing Confections.

Fireworks safety measures do not include alcoholic beverages and no glass containers are allowed on West Beach on the day of the event. All coolers and containers must be removed from the beach on the day.

No fireworks, firecrackers or sparks will be allowed. Uniformed officers will enforce the rules and violators may be prosecuted.

What: Salem Harbor Fireworks
Where: Derby Wharf
When: 21.00

Salem Celebrates The Fourth is a day-long event of concerns, food festivities and fireworks to end the night.

Today, Americans celebrate the birth of a new nation with fireworks, parades, concerts, and family gatherings and barbecues. However, the celebrations 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 by 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.