Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the place to be for real old fashioned family Fourth of July fun!
Start off with a BANG!!
Join us on Saturday, July 3rd at the city of Portsmouth's spectacular fireworks display at South Mill Pond. (Leary Field, Junkins Ave.)
Fireworks start at 9:15 p.m.
I suggest you bring a chair or blanket to sit on and get there early. We usually arrive around 7:00 to get our favorite spot.
Rain date is Monday, July 5.
The High-Hanover Parking Garage will charge a flat fee of $3 from 5 to 9 p.m.
Be Aware: There will be no parking on 23 streets (except for residents of those streets): Parrott, Junkins, Richards, Elwyn and Sherburne avenues; Mt. Vernon, Pleasant, South from Miller to Marcy streets, Richmond, Rogers, Edward, Livermore, Wentworth, Melcher, Whidden, Franklin, Pickering, Hunking, Gardner, Gates, Howard, Rockland and Kent streets.
A reminder from the Portsmouth Police Department that City Ordinance prohibits personal fireworks, including Class C sparklers.
On Sunday, July 4, Strawbery Banke will host their 9th annual "American Celebration"
See how people lived for four centuries of New England history.
Tour restored furnished houses, exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens.
With costumed role players, Strawbery Banke interprets the living history of generations who settled in Portsmouth, NH, from the late 17th century to the mid-20th century.
The museum's July 4th festivities are from 12:00 - 5:00 and will include:
Children's Bike & Wagon Parade - Decorate your bike, wagon, or stroller from 12:00 - 2:00. The parade begins at 2:30.
1940s Candy Counter - Enjoy a taste of history. Visit the 1940s Abbott neighborhood store to purchase period candy.
Blue Ocean Society Touch Tank - Kids will enjoy reaching in to touch living sea life.
Kites Over the Piscataqua - Members of the Kites Over New England Kite Club will demonstrate amazing flying skills. You can watch or you can fly!
Other activities include - Food, music, games, garden history tours, open hearth cooking demonstrations, weaving demonstrations, musket firings, 18th century Windsor chair making, stoneware pottery demonstrations, and so much more.
Adults pay $15 - kids and active members of the military and their families are free.
Additional Seacoast Area Fireworks displays on Sunday, July 4, 2010:
Hampton Beach 9:30
Dover, at Henry Law Park 9:15
Durham, at Cowell Stadium 9:00
York, at Ellis Park, Short Sands Beach 9:30
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Looks like a good time............enjoy Sharon.
Roger: You must be sitting there waiting for me to write something, lol! I can't believe how fast you commented! Thanks! Happy 4th to you and your Mom!
You crack me up.........I just finished the dinner dishes and came upstairs to my computer and there you were...........ok, so I don't have a very exciting life!
Hope you and the family, along with the Teen Idol and Gidget have a great holiday weekend. The family is getting together on Sunday for a cookout at my brothers house.
Hi Sharon, great post about your local 4th of July events. Have a great weekend!
Sharon- I would love to see the Bike & Wagon Parade and the Candy Counter!!! It's thundering now, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Sunday and the beach.
Roger: No, you crack me up! My husband did our dishes tonight because I was attached to the computer, as usual! I'll be spending the weekend with hubby riding the Harley, eating lots of food that is bad for me, and watching the fireworks! I won't be spending the 4th with Idol or Gidget but I will let them know you are thinking about them.
Maria: Thanks! Happy 4th to you and your family!
Kathy: The candy counter does sound fun! I love that Portsmouth does the fireworks on the 3rd...it gives us the opportunity to visit another city on the 4th and see fireworks twice! Hope the weather is perfect for you!
Well have fun Sharon..............don't forget to give Idol and Gidget my best!
Sharon, one of the things that I missed while living on the west coast was the history that the east coast offers. I really do need to get out to NH this fall, I know my wife and i would love the leaves and of course the history, have a great 4th of July
Gerry: If you want history...spend a day in Boston while you are here too! Have a great 4th with your family!
What no grand babies at the fireworks? Great post Sharon!
Great post on the 4th of July events going on Sharon. We really enjoy attending living history exhibits like what the Strawbery Banke Museum will hold. Have a safe and happy weekend!
Especially smart of you to include parking instructions, Sharon! A very happy Independence Day to you and your family.
Sharon, If I had a clue it was going to be this hot out, I would have tried to make it closer to the coast...for a sea breeze...or anything with Vodka in it. Have a great fourth.
Debra: No grandbabies at the fireworks, this year! Their tiny little ears aren't ready yet.
Lee & Carol: I didn't make it over to Strawbery Banke today, but I did go to the fireworks last night and they did not disappoint. They are always spectacular. Hope you had a nice fourth too!
Russel: Thanks for the decorative holiday wishes! Hope you enjoyed your holiday!
Irene: Thank you! Hope you had a special day with your family!
Steve: We had a great fourth and plan to have some more fun tomorrow. You always make me laugh! HOpe you found some vodka!
Hi, Sharon. When you LIVE near Big South Fork, you have the luxury of hunkering down on holiday weekends and waiting for all the horse trailers to head out, as much as I like to see folks coming here to enjoy themselves.
It's usually too hot on the Fourth for me to work up much enthusiasm, in any case, and we don't have those ocean breezes that YOU enjoy.
Russel Ray said that he commented on 208 posts on the Foutrth and left his fireworks...looks like you and I were both included in that number!
Leslie: Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. There are no gifts or candy or cards to buy. No one to "have to" remember to call. I love the fireworks and look forward to them every year. The ocean breeze does help, but this past week has been very humid and even the breeze didn't help.