The City of Holyoke’s July 4th Fireworks Celebration will take place on Friday, with the rain date of Saturday, on the beautiful grounds of Holyoke Community College, at 303 Homestead Avenue.

The day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the 13 former British colonies on July 4, 1776.

Massachusetts became the first state to recognize the Fourth of July as a statewide holiday in 1781.