Scenes From Independence Day on Martha's Vineyard

Towns around the Island are marking Independence Day with parades, parties, and fireworks. The kids parade through the campground, the smaller Aquinnah parade and the larger parade in Edgartown are annual mainstays of the holiday.

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Islanders Celebrate Independence Day

Oak Bluffs and Aquinnah were flooded with red, white and blue Friday morning as the two towns held their annual Fourth of July parades.

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What Does the Fourth of July Mean Now

The Gazette fanned out across the Island this week and talked to residents and visitors about what the Fourth of July means to them in 2025.

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Fourth of July Events

Festivities begin at Inkwell Beach for the Polar Bear swim, a gathering of community and baptism in the waters of Vineyard Sound.

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Sun Shines Down on Annual Fourth of July Parade

The floats were out in force in this year's Fourth of July parade, from fire trucks and classic cars to the Scottish Society in kilts and playing the bagpipes to Camp Jabberwocky which decorated their red bus with a cardboard cut-out of the Olympic Rings.

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Oak Bluffs Children's Parade Delights in Camp Ground

July Fourth celebrations in Oak Bluffs centered around the Camp Ground for the annual children’s parade.

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Celebrating Fourth of July Around the Island

The Edgartown Fourth of July parade may look a lot different than when it started out in 1844, but 180 years later the sentiment remains the same.

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Feeling the Fourth, Step By Step

This year’s parade begins at 5 p.m. on July 4. Marchers old and new, along with their floats, will line up in the Edgartown School parking lot earlier on Thursday, and when the bell tower strikes five, they will all proceed down a well-worn path.

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State Suspends Company Behind Edgartown Fireworks

The state fire marshal’s office suspended the man who managed the Edgartown town fireworks display on July 4 after several undetonated fireworks washed up on Chappaquiddick.

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Unexploded Fireworks Wash Up on Chappaquiddick

Twenty-five commercial grade fireworks were found on Chappaquiddick after the town’s Fourth of July fireworks display on Tuesday.

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