July 4th 2024 Fireworks, Events Around Arlington

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

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July 4 Festivities For 2024

What: Light Up Arlington 2024 (June 29)
Where: Arlington
When: Saturday, June 29 - 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

What: Arlington July 4th Firecracker 5K 2024
Where: Arlington
When: Thursday, July 4 - 7 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

What: Arlington July 4th Parade 2024
Where: Arlington
When: Thursday, July 4 - 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

What: 2024 Fort Worth's July 4th
Where: Fort Worth
When: Thursday, July 4 - 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: Lone Stars & Stripes Celebration 2024: grand prairie
Where: Grand Prairie
When: Thursday, July 4 - 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: Sparks & Stripes 2024: Irving (Day 1, July 3)
Where: Irving
When: Thursday, July 4 - 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: Sparks & Stripes 2024: Irving (Day 2, July 4th)
Where: Irving
When: Thursday, July 4 - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

What: Klyde Warren Park Independence Day Celebration 2024 (June 29): dallas
Where: Dallas
When: Saturday, Jun 29 - 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: 2024 Fair Park July 4th: Dallas
Where: Dallas
When: Thursday, July 4 - 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: Lakewood Neighborhood July 4th Parade 2024: Dallas
Where: Dallas
When: Thursday, July 4 - 10 a.m.

What: Frisco Freedom Fest Night at the Races 2024 (Day 1, July 3rd)
Where: Frisco
When: Wednesday, July 3 - 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

What: Frisco Freedom Fest July 4th Party on the Plaza 2024 (and FC Dallas match)
Where: Frisco
When: Thursday, July 4 - 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

What: 2024 Red, White and Boom July 4: McKinney
Where: McKinney
When: Thursday, July 4 - 10 a.m. to approximately 10:30 p.m.

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.

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