A time to remember: the Fourth of July in the Northwest Corner

This summer’s traditional fireworks displays have been postponed until early October.

The Salisbury Rotary Club hosts the fireworks on the Fourth of July weekend at Lime Rock Park. The town of North Canaan ends its weeks-long Railroad Days festivities with fireworks over the center of town in late July. 

Both are now scheduled for Indigenous Peoples weekend (also known as Columbus Day).

The sounds and sights and smells of a good fireworks display can’t be captured in a newspaper photo but as a reminder of good times past and still to come, The Lakeville Journal dug through its archives to find some favorite fireworks photos from past years. 

And for those who think the only way to spend the Fourth of July is at the Grove in Salisbury, listening to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, go to the website of the Salisbury Association (www.salisburyassociation.org) for a link to a video of Lou Bucceri, dressed in Revolutionary-era garb as Heman Allen, who lived in Salisbury.

His famous brother, Ethan Allen, “was one of the partners who built the Salisbury Furnace that made cannons for American forces during the Revolutionary War,” Bucceri said. 

“Heman Allen was a Salisbury  resident and militia officer who died in town as a result of injuries suffered in the pivotal Battle of Bennington.”

There will also be a link to a video of the Salisbury Band playing beloved American tunes.

The Lakeville Journal wishes all our community members a safe and joyful Fourth of July weekend. 

Cynthia Hochswender 

Executive Editor, The Lakeville Journal

Janet Manko

Editor in chief and publisher, The Lakeville Journal Co. 

Photo by Caroline Nelson

In previous years Fourth of July weekend for full-time and summer residents often meant enjoying water recreation and live music at The Grove in Salisbury, as well as fireworks hosted by the Salisbury Rotary Club at Lime Rock Park. Photo by Skip Barber

Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan

Photo by Mark Niedhammer

Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan

Photo by Caroline Nelson