Saturday, July 1, dusk, Cass County Fairgrounds.(or after dusk), near Jack Trice StadiumĪnamosa: Monday, July 3, 9:30 p.m., Downing football field (rain date July 4)Īrnolds Park: Tuesday, July 4, 10 p.m., Arnolds Park Amusement Park/Preservation Plaza Tuesday, July 4, dusk, Adventureland ResortĪmana Colonies: Tuesday, July 4, dusk, Lily LakeĪmes: Monday, July 3, 9:45-10:15 p.m.The Fourth of July, he wrote, “ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”Īdams: Sunday, July 2, 10 p.m., Lake Icaria
Queen Elizabeth I apparently was so fond of fireworks in the 1500s that she appointed a royal Fire Master of England for fireworks shows.Īfter the famous Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 was foiled, the annual commemoration of that event featured a fireworks display and was called Fireworks Night.īy the 1700s, Europe’s fireworks displays had grown extravagant and were a popular way of celebrating national prosperity and patriotism-something that easily migrated across the Atlantic Ocean.īut it was John Adams’ letter to his wife, Abigail, that sealed the deal for US Independence Day celebrations. Ironically, because England did it first!Ĭelebratory displays of fireworks were first used at the wedding of King Henry VII in 1486. And though we were on a short break during the War of 1812, we’ve been besties ever since. 3, 1783, with the Treaty of Paris.ĭespite all that, there was no lasting bad blood between the old nation and the new: The UK and US established diplomatic relations two years later in 1785. Britain formally recognized US independence on Sept. The Revolutionary War would keep raging for years, until George Washington’s Continental Army-with the help of the French Army and Navy-turned the tide in their favor at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Britain’s response? Calling its authors “misguided Americans” who made an “extravagant and inadmissable Claim of Independency.” (Congress voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, 1776.)Ī copy of the Declaration made its way to British King George III months after publication. Independence Day marks the day the United States ratified the text of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, on July 4, 1776-247 years ago. This list has events from 96 cities around the state!īut before I get to that, a little history about why we celebrate Independence Day and why we do it with fireworks. Below is a list of more than 100 upcoming fireworks displays in Iowa in celebration of Independence Day.
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