{"id":385387,"date":"2026-07-03T21:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385387\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:24:17","slug":"fireworks-near-me-july-4th-events-around-san-diego-county-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/385387\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks Near Me: July 4th Events Around San Diego County For 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> A <a href=\"https:\/\/america250.org\/news\/america250-announces-historic-giving-4th-broadcast-benefit-show-with-eight-ball-drop-celebrations-to-mark-midnight-in-each-american-time-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Times Square Ball Drop<\/a>, a rolling series of ball drops, timed to occur at midnight on July 3 in every U.S. time zone from Guam to American Samoa, is part of the &#8220;Giving 4th Broadcast Benefit Show,&#8221; creating a nearly 24-hour celebration of the 250th anniversary. It&#8217;s part of the broader &#8220;Giving 4th&#8221; initiative that aims to make and establish Independence Day the biggest annual day of giving. <\/p>\n<p> A <a href=\"https:\/\/america250.org\/news\/america250-unveils-first-look-at-americas-time-capsule-a-national-record-designed-to-last-250-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">time capsule will be buried<\/a> in Philadelphia to be opened in 2276 on July 4. It contains a carefully curated collection of letters and artifacts reflecting the leadership, institutions, and communities that shape the country today. It will include contributions from all three branches of the U.S. federal government and submissions from each of the 50 states, Washington D.C., and five territories. <\/p>\n<p> Separately, the White House&#8217;s Freedom 250&#8217;s biggest spectacles are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedom250.org\/news\/first-round-of-star-studded-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Great American State Fair<\/a> on the National Mall, running June 25 to July 10; the July 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/freedom250.org\/celebration\/salute-to-america-250-celebration-and-fireworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Salute to America Fireworks<\/a>, also on the National Mall; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sail4th.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sail 4th 250<\/a>,&#8221; billed as the largest-ever flotilla of tall ships from around the world in New York Harbor; and <a href=\"https:\/\/freedom250.org\/celebration\/rushmore-250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rushmore 250<\/a>, an iconic 4th of July fireworks on July 3 alongside military concerts and live presidential reenactors. <\/p>\n<p> Are you planning an event this summer? <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/compose\/event?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=roundup_cta&amp;utm_campaign=events_posting&amp;utm_content=inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Feature it<\/a> so nearby readers see it all across Patch \u2014 including in roundups like this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Times Square Ball Drop, a rolling series of ball drops, timed to occur at midnight on July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-385387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}