{"id":235723,"date":"2026-07-04T23:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235723\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:55:10","slug":"city-of-erie-preparing-to-put-on-a-big-show-for-americas-250th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235723\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Erie preparing to put on a big show for America\u2019s 250th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Fri, July 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e0591eec-fac4-4fc0-89ce-9359b4d6bb37.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Preparations are underway for Friday night\u2019s big fireworks show at Dobbins Landing.<\/p>\n<p>The city has been preparing for their annual fireworks display over Presque Isle for a while, but Friday morning, setup officially got underway.<\/p>\n<p>Friday night is the big night for Lights &amp; Liberty on the Lake, the city\u2019s annual fireworks show over the bay.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands are expected to line the bay along the waterfront, out on Presque Isle and Dobbins Landing to celebrate America 250 right here in Erie.<\/p>\n<p>Pyrotechnicians spent the day laying mortars and setting up the show to ensure a fun, exciting, and safe celebration tonight from Dobbins Landing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great that this is the year to have the biggest fireworks show we\u2019ve done because of America 250 and celebrating our country\u2019s birthday and the Fourth of July this weekend,\u201d said Hunter Lytle, the executive director of Cafe.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks are set to start at 10 pm tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFor the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Fri, July 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM UTC Preparations are underway for Friday night\u2019s big fireworks show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-235723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}