NEW MILFORD—The town will host its annual Fourth of July Celebration July 6. The event is coordinated by the Greater New Milford Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the town.
The celebration will feature a special opening ceremony and the signing of a life-sized Declaration of Independence, free cupcakes from the Woman’s Club of Greater New Milford, music and a fireworks display.
A rain date of July 13 is set for the fireworks only.
Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. near the bandstand on the Village Green with a special “Let Freedom Ring” flag and bell-ringing ceremony sponsored by the New Milford Celebrates America 250 Committee.
The ceremony, held in partnership with the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, will take place on the steps of the Roger Sherman Town Hall, where flags will be presented and displayed.
The ceremony will include the presentation of each flag of the original 13 states, honoring each state in the order they ratified the Constitution of the United States. It will conclude with the ringing of church bells on the Green.
Additional Fourth of July offerings presented by the town’s America 250 Committee include greetings by a life-sized Roger Sherman, the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States.
Representatives from the committee, along with its partners, the Roger Sherman Chapter, NSDAR, the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Charles Merriman Chapter, Children of the American Revolution, will be on hand to meet the public.
The committee will again sponsor a summer scavenger hunt for youth. Information about it will be available at the committee’s booth during the festivities.
In addition to the ceremony and America 250 offerings, members of the Woman’s Club of Greater New Milford will create a large flag cake using cupcakes that will be served free to the public after 5 p.m.
Musical entertainment will round of the evening’s activities on the Green, with music by Dan Sawyer at the bandstand from 6:30 p.m. until the start of the fireworks at dusk, approximately at 9:30 p.m.
For more information, call the Chamber office at 860-354-6080 or email nmcc@newmilford-chamber.com.
