{"id":361663,"date":"2026-07-05T08:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361663\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:36:12","slug":"corpus-christi-celebrates-united-states-250th-birthday-with-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/361663\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi celebrates United States&#8217; 250th birthday with fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" 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-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2021-07\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Oliva, Corpus Christi Caller Times<\/p>\n<p>Sun, July 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_usatoday_us_articles_590\/d4dbfb4cabb3f13b40ca0ebdf8d9ddcc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fireworks light up the sky during the 49th annual Mayor&#8217;s Big Bang Celebration in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, on July 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p> (John Oliva\/Caller-Times)<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people were in attendance for the 49th annual Mayor&#8217;s Big Bang Celebration in downtown Corpus Christi to watch a fireworks show July 4.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the United States of America&#8217;s 250th birthday, attendees were able to enjoy funnel cake or hot dogs from local food trucks while fireworks lit up above the Corpus Christi Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Where&#8217;s the beach? <a data-ylk=\"slk:Your guide to Corpus Christi beaches, from amenities to parking;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/news\/local\/beaches\/2026\/07\/01\/corpus-christi-texas-beach-guide-where-to-surf-fish-amenities\/90699693007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Your guide to Corpus Christi beaches, from amenities to parking<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show lasted about 30 minutes as people cheered throughout the event.<\/p>\n<p>John Oliva covers entertainment and community news in South Texas. Have a story idea? Contact him at john.oliva@caller.com.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Consider supporting local journalism with a subscription to the Caller-Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/offers.caller.com\/specialoffer?gps-source=CPTOPNAVBAR&amp;utm_campaign=specialoffer&amp;utm_medium=onsite&amp;utm_source=topnavbar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Consider supporting local journalism with a subscription to the Caller-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Check out photos from July 4 fireworks show in Corpus Christi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/entertainment\/events\/2026\/07\/05\/check-out-photos-from-july-4-fireworks-show-in-corpus-christi\/90810172007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Check out photos from July 4 fireworks show in Corpus Christi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Oliva, Corpus Christi Caller Times Sun, July 5, 2026 at 8:01 AM UTC Fireworks light up the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[127825,155,45495,157,156,126434,128368,86388],"class_list":["post-361663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-250th-birthday","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-bay","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-fireworks-show","tag-funnel-cake","tag-local-food-trucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}