Fourth of July Events in Atlanta 2020

The Peachtree Road Race has gone virtual and is postponed November 26, 2020 - Thanksgiving Day. Browse the Peachtree Road Race schedule as well as recommendations. CL's critics & readers weigh in on the definitive guide to the event. | more...

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image-1Annelise: My father reads the Declaration of Independence every 4th of July out loud. We have it on our door. He pulls it down, reads it out loud to my mom, the dog and me. He’s a lawyer. It’s why our country was started, so we should remember it. I had a friend over last year and he read the Declaration of Independence. It was great. Then we went to the Waffle House afterward.... | more...

We received an e-mail from Secretary of State Karen Handel at 4:55 Friday afternoon notifying us that Georgia's official copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display at the state Capitol today, Monday, Feb. 12.

First of all, thanks for the advance notice, guys!

As many of you know, a research archivist named Greg Jarrell stumbled across the document while conducting...

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Sipping with the Enemy: Where to go to slake your thirst after waving the Stars and Stripes for a sweaty 10K that celebrates our independence from those wags across the pond? To an English pub, of course. After all, we didn't throw off all things English in 1776, and lately we have a greater bond with the Brits than with our former allies against them — the French.

The Prince of Wales,...

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Dust off the gunpowder from Independence Day and strap in for some weekend festivities

PLUS: An 80’s dance party, comedy, Day-drinking, Art, and more

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Monday, July 4, 2016

1. Peachtree Road Race Post Race Party at Colony Square
2. Terminus City Fourth of July Party at Revival
3. Pints for Patriots at Meehan's Public House - Buckhead
4. Funbelievable Fourth at Georgia Aquarium
5. Red, White & Booze 2016 at Ventanas

 

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image-1?There are a lot of Fourth of July events taking place around the city this week. Not sure about how you'd like to partake in all the fun? We've got you covered.
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?Watch Atlanta light up during the fireworks displays around town, including Stone Mountain Park, Centennial Olympic Park, Turner Field, and Lenox Square. Or check out one of many neighborhood festivals, parades,...

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The skies of Atlanta will glow with the city’s brightest and loudest firework shows this Friday night. Catch the biggest fireworks displays at Centennial Olympic Park, Lenox Square, Stone Mountain, or Turner Field after the Braves vs. Diamondbacks game. Don’t worry if you aren’t feeling fireworks this year — the city is crawling with neighborhood parades,...

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• A man prepares fireworks for Lenox Square mall's annual Fourth of July celebration.

FOURTH OF JULY AT LENOX SQUARE For more than half a century, Lenox Square has celebrated stars and stripes in grand tradition with activities for the entire family. Presented by the Atlantan, this year's activities will include musical entertainment, food concessions, and the "largest...

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1. Be proud of your government: Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed his business partner and two top campaign contributors to the influential Georgia Ports Authority.

2. A quick crime round-up:...

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Happy Fourth of July... Now go blow something up.

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The draw of music, food and fireworks is undeniably strong and was in evidence on July 4, as hundreds of Atlantans packed into Centennial Olympic Park during the day and Lenox Square during the evening to catch all three.

(Photos by Jeff Riley)

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Stone Mountain Fourth of July 2008 | more...