For an evening of all-American fun, grab some tickets to the annual 4th of July SteepleCats game against the Sanford Mainers, and stick around for the fireworks, which start immediately afterward, at approximately 9:30pm.

SteepleCats VS Sanford Mainers:
4th of July Baseball Extravaganza
Joe Wolfe Field, 310 State Street
5:30 PM

City of North Adams Fireworks!
Approximately 9:30PM
Free

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.