Are There Fireworks?
Fourth of July weekend events  There are no fireworks this year in Cold Spring (they will happen over Labor Day weekend instead) or Beacon. West Point will host a concert and fireworks show on Saturday (July 3) at 8 p.m. for people who live or work at the U.S. Military Academy, but it will not be open to the general public. The Macys fireworks will take place from 8 to 10 p.m. on Sunday (July 4) over the East River in New York City with more than 65,000 shells and effects. SAT 3  Film and Fireworks  WAPPINGERS FALLS  6:30 p.m. Dutchess Stadium  1500 Route 9D | 845-838-0094  milb.com/hudson-valley  Watch an outdoor screening of the 2004 thriller, National Treasure, starring Nicolas Cage, followed by a fireworks show. Cost: $15  SUN 4  Declaration of Independence  BEACON  11 a.m. City Hall (Courtroom)  1 Municipal Plaza  The city will host its annual reading of the founding document after canceling it in 2020 because of the pandemic shutdown. This year will mark the 11th year of the readings, which began in 2011. SUN 4  Cannon Firing  FORT MONTGOMERY  Noon. Fort Montgomery Historic Site  690 Route 9W  parks.ny.gov  The fort will fire its artillery to celebrate Americas birthday. SUN 4  Independence Day Celebration  PHILIPSTOWN  Noon. Mekeels Chapel  Routes 301 and 9  putnamhistorymuseum.org  This outdoor ceremony at the historic 1867 chapel will include patriotic songs and hymns and readings from founding documents. SUN 4  SOLD OUT  Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra  GARRISON  4 p.m. Boscobel | 1601 Route 9D  845-265-3638 | boscobel.org  Celebrate Independence Day on the great lawn with the first concert since the pandemic.