6 of America's Biggest July 4th Celebrations

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Bristol Fourth of July Parade

Bristol, Rhode Island

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The Biggest (and Best) Fourth of July Celebrations in America

The Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, is the centerpiece of the nation's oldest Independence Day celebration.

The festivities began in 1785 when Reverend Henry Wright led patriotic exercises in the town of Bristol that featured hymns and speeches. As community members gathered and marched toward the meeting point, this set in motion what would become the longest-running Fourth of July celebration in the country. Today, Bristol takes its honorary title seriously. The celebration gets underway on June 14 with Flag Day festivities and concludes a full three weeks later with the epic 2.5-mile-long Fourth of July parade that draws up to 200,000 spectators from across the state and around the world.

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