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A Celebration Of Independence In The Capital Of The First State  
  
      
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Fourth of July Celebration Committee, Inc.
15 E. Loockerman St.
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 674-7579

 
 
Schedule

Here's the schedule of event for Sunday, July 4 in downtown Dover, Delaware! With the exception of Segway tours and vendors, all listed activities are free.

From 1 to 6 p.m., the following will be open or ongoing:

  • First State Heritage Park Welcome Center and Galleries, with the current exhibition “USS Delaware: An American Battleship.” Also starting from the park welcome center is the Historic Dover Scavenger Hunt - find the clues hidden throughout Dover’s historic sites and museums. Small prizes will be given for those who uncover all the secrets of Delaware History!
  • Guided tours of Legislative Hall (Photo ID is required for all adults.)
  • Guided tours of The Old State House
  • The Biggs Museum of American Art will be open, including a current exhibition of marine art. The Biggs Museum will also have a free “fireworks crown” craft project for children
  • Children’s Colonial games & activities on The Green

1 p.m. - Dover’s Heroes of the Revolution Walking Tour. Meet at Christ Church, at the corner of South State and Water Streets, for Tories, Whigs, militia, and insurrection! Dover was a hotbed of revolutionary and loyalist activity during the struggle for American Independence. Revisit the Revolution as you visit the Dover Green and two historic cemeteries.

1:30 p.m. - Segway tours of Old Dover. First State Heritage Park has collaborated with SegZoneTours to offer this new experience. Tours begin at the First State Heritage Park Welcome Center, 121 Duke of York Street. Reservations are strongly recommended. Admission charge for this activity. For admission fees and reservations, visit SegZoneTours.com.

2 p.m. - Let Freedom Ring at The Old State House. Return to July 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was first read to the people of Dover. Enjoy this dramatic reading by historical interpreters and relive the excitement of that historic year as bells throughout Dover ring to honor the nation’s founders.

2:30 p.m. - Caesar Rodney Rides Again! at Delaware Public Archives. Dick Pack portrays Caesar Rodney in this tribute to Delaware’s hero of the American Revolution.

3:30 p.m. - Tales of Slavery and Freedom Walking Tour. The Dover Green was a place where free and enslaved men and women lived out their lives, where national decisions regarding slavery were debated, and where a brave group of runaways known as the Dover Eight made a daring escape from the Dover Jail. Learn about Dover’s complicated positions regarding freedom and slavery, and its role as a border state during the Civil War. Meet at the Old State House.

4:30 p.m. - Dover’s Heroes of the Revolution Walking Tour. Meet at Christ Church, at the corner of South State and Water Streets, for Tories, Whigs, militia, and insurrection! Dover was a hotbed of revolutionary and loyalist activity during the struggle for American Independence. Revisit the Revolution as you visit the Dover Green and two historic cemeteries.

5 to 8:30 p.m. - Children’s activities. Moonbounces, National Guard inflatable obstacle course, pony rides and train rides at the west end of Legislative Mall near the Liberty Bell replica.

5 to 9 p.m. - Craft and food vendors. Dozens of food, craft and other vendors will be open for business on Duke of York Street on the north side of the mall.

6 p.m. - Old Fashioned 4th of July parade. Organized by American Legion Walter L. Fox Post No. 2. the parade route is down State Street, starting at Hazel Road and ending just past The Green.

6:30 p.m. - The Smooth Sounds Dance Band. This ensemble of the Milford Community Band will perform in front of Legislative Hall.

8 p.m. - Opening ceremony. Featuring a flyover, presentation of the colors by the Dover Air Force Base Color Guard, invocation and National Anthem on the Legislative Hall stage.

8:15 p.m. - The 287th Army Band of the Delaware National Guard. Performing on the Legislative Mall stage, the band will finish its show shortly about 9:15 p.m. with Tchaikovsky’s exciting “Overture 1812” – complete with cannons – leading into the fireworks.

Approximately 9:20 p.m. - Fireworks! Exploding in the sky over Legislative Hall, the pyrotechnics show by Bay Fireworks will be accompanied by this year’s musical theme.

 

 

2010

Star Sponsors
Downtown Dover Partnership
Dover Post
Delaware State News

Stripe Sponsors
P&G Dover Wipes Plant
Wilmington Trust Company

Red Sponsors
Byler's Store Inc.
GSA Consulting Engineers
Jonathan's Landing Public Golf Inc.
The Little School at Kids Cottage
Regulatory Insurance Services

White Sponsors
Barros McNamara Malkiewicz & Taylor PA
Bayhealth Medical Center
Becker Morgan Group Inc.
Representative E. Bradford Bennett
BIG Investment Services
Brooks Machine Inc.
Brian & Rocky Bushweller
Camdel Metals
Senator Thomas Carper
Central Delaware YMCA
Chinatown Buffet Inc.
Delaware Technical & Community College
Delmarva Cleaning & Maintenance Inc
Anthony & Janet DePrima
Diamond State Properties
Dover Automotive/NAPA Auto Parts
Dover Electric Supply Company
Dover Federal Credit Union
Dover Pool & Patio Center Inc.
Eden Hill Medical Center
Barbara & Hans Ellis
Mike & Yvonne Hall
Horty & Horty, PA
McGlynns Pub
Wayne & Donna Mitchell
New Burton Mini Storage Inc.
Steven D. Nemcic, DDS, MS, PA
Gary & Elizabeth Patterson
Verizon Delaware
Wyatt & Laurel Patterson
Wesley College

Blue Sponsors
Air Mobility Command Museum
Always Advertising Inc.
Bennetti Insurance Agency
Councilman Dave Bonar
Donald & Marion Boon
C. F. Schwartz
Carl King Tire Company
Congressman Mike Castle
Chabbott Petrosky Commercial Realtors
D & J Builders Inc
Delaware Podiatric Medicine, PA
Delmarva Power & Light Compnay
Donald & Marion Boon
Dover Family Chiropractic
Family Dental Associates (Dr. Nacrelli)
Farley Printing Company
First State CPAs LLC
Frances Remley - The Alley Gang's own Firecracker
The Growth Coach (Melanie Wilson)
Lori James
John Hiott Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Inc Johnny Janosik Inc.
The Josefowski Family
Kent Foot & Ankle Center
Alan & Donna Lamos
Meineke Car Care Center
Mid Coast Community Bank
Norman M Lippman DDS
The Maron Family
Mitten & Winters, CPA's
Matt, Heather, Olivia & Carter Nemcic
Karen Nickerson and Andrew Moorland
Peter A Oldziey & Associates
Ordway Group CPA's
Orthodontics on Silver Lake
Pinco Palino Inc.
Pratt Insurance Inc.
Representative Bobby Outten
Ron & Ruth Shomo
Scacheri Family
State Representative Darryl Scott
Teal Construction Inc.
The Sweets
TNJ Murray Worldwide Service, Inc.
Steve & Connie Welde
The Honorable William Witham
Torbert Funeral Chapels Inc
Trader Funeral Home Inc.
Young, Malmberg & Howard

Other Sponsors
Dewey J. Barich
The Cooper Family
Bruce & Mirian Curry
Delaware Auto Service LLC
Jim & Jeanie DeLeo
The Gomes Family
J A Hill Associates
Barbara B. Hurley
Microtel Inn & Suites
Dan & Phyllis Marsh
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Seton & Chris McIlroy
Donna & Rodney Moore
The Open Door
Bud & Barbara Remus
Richard Senato
Cynthia Sheppard Small
Sunnyfield Contractors Inc.
Guy & Anne Veach
Wanda Youmans