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22 events

Philadelphia 7

8:30 PM – 11:59 PM Midnight 250th countdown
family $25

'1776: The Movie Musical' Outdoor Cinema + 250th Midnight Countdown

📍 Betsy Ross House courtyard · Old City, Philadelphia

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5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
tour $50 (incl. 2 drinks)

Cocktails & Congress — Carpenters' Hall

📍 Carpenters' Hall · Old City, Philadelphia

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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Free admission (Wawa)
exhibit Free

FREE Museum Day: 'Flash! Bang! Boom!' history of fireworks

📍 Science History Institute · Old City, Philadelphia

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10:00 AM End time unconfirmed; listed by the fort as a Jul 3 event
reenactment Ticketed (cannon firing extra)

4th at the Fort! — Fort Mifflin

📍 Fort Mifflin on the Delaware · Philadelphia, PA

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11:00 AM Vatican livestream; museum closed
ceremony Free / public

Liberty Medal Ceremony — Pope Leo XIV

📍 National Constitution Center · Old City, Philadelphia

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7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Gates ~5pm
concert Free

Pops on Independence — Idina Menzel with The Philly Pops

📍 Independence Mall · Old City, Philadelphia

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11:00 AM – 1:30 PM Note: this is JULY 3, not the 4th
parade Free ★

Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade

📍 5th & Chestnut → Parkway → Broad & Chestnut · Old City → Center City, Philadelphia

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Bucks & Montgomery (PA) 10

Time TBA Time unconfirmed in source
lecture Unconfirmed

Hancock Day — 'Gettysburg Surgeons' author talk (Barbara Franco)

📍 Historical Society of Montgomery County · Norristown, PA (Montgomery Co.)

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1:00 PM – 9:30 PM Fireworks + drone show 9pm
fireworks Free ★

New Hope & Lambertville 250th — Fireworks + 200-Drone Show

📍 Stella Promenade & the Delaware River (New Hope ↔ Lambertville) · New Hope, PA / Lambertville, NJ

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6:00 PM Gates 6pm Jul 3; fireworks watch party
fireworks $25

Liberty Lights: Fireworks Friday 250 — Parry Mansion (New Hope Historical Society)

📍 Parry Mansion front lawn · New Hope, PA

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5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
exhibit Unconfirmed

First Friday Extended Hours + Car Show — Schwenkfelder Library

📍 Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center · Pennsburg, PA (Montgomery Co.)

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5:30 PM – 10:00 PM Band 6:30pm; fireworks at dusk
concert $20 online / $25 gate

Summer unWINEd Fireworks Night — Shady Brook Farm

📍 Shady Brook Farm · Yardley, PA

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9:00 PM Rain date Jul 4; tickets required
fireworks Ticketed (price unconfirmed)

4th of July Fireworks & Celebration at Styer Orchard

📍 Styer Orchard · Langhorne, PA

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12:00 AM Train ~9–9:15am; arrive early
ceremony Free

Bridgeport America 250 — 'Big Boy' Steam Train + Declaration Reading

📍 Bridgeport train station area · Bridgeport, PA (Montgomery Co.)

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9:15 PM Fireworks ~9:15pm
fireworks Free

Conshohocken July 3rd Fireworks

📍 Sutcliffe Park area (view from surrounding streets) · Conshohocken, PA (Montgomery Co.)

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10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
ceremony Free (unconfirmed)

Declaration of Independence Breakfast — Upper Gwynedd

📍 Upper Gwynedd Firehouse · West Point, PA (Montgomery Co.)

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12:00 AM – 5:00 PM Musket demos 11am–3pm; shuttle every 20 min
reenactment Free ★

Retreat to Valley Forge — 50/250 Celebration (Day 1)

📍 Valley Forge National Historical Park · King of Prussia, PA (Montgomery Co.)

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Central New Jersey 5

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
reenactment Free

Remember George Washington's March to Trenton (reenactment)

📍 Birmingham Park · West Trenton / Ewing, NJ

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3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
concert $35

"The Crossing" — A Revolutionary New Musical

📍 Mill Hill Playhouse (Passage Theatre) · Trenton, NJ

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1:00 PM – 4:15 PM Refreshments from 12:45pm
other Free (likely — unconfirmed)

Film: '1776' (restored director's cut) — Princeton Public Library

📍 Princeton Public Library · Princeton, NJ

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Time TBA Times unconfirmed — verify locally
fireworks Free

Community fireworks (East Windsor / Ewing-TCNJ / North Branch Park)

📍 Etra Lake Park · TCNJ Green Lane Fields · North Branch Park · Mercer & Somerset Counties, NJ

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7:05 PM
family Ticketed

Somerset 'Semiquincentennials' (Game 1)

📍 TD Bank Ballpark · Bridgewater, NJ

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