4th of July 2024: Guide to celebrations in the Boise area [Video]

Independence Day is this week – here’s a guide to what is happening for the holiday around southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon.

BOISE, Idaho — The day commemorating independence for the United States of America “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more,” future President John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, in 1776.

If you’re planning to celebrate in Nampa, take note of this: The city’s fireworks show is set for Wednesday, July 3. The show will be hosted at the Ford Idaho Center.

Also celebrating America’s independence before the Fourth of July is Marsing, with a fireworks show also on Wednesday.

Below is a rundown of what’s happening in communities around southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon to mark Independence Day.