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Here’s a guide to 4th of July fireworks, parades and events in the Lehigh Valley area
When are fireworks in your town? Here is our guide to the Fourth of July festivities in the Lehigh Valley region.
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National pride is declining in America. And it’s splitting by party lines, new Gallup polling shows
Only 36% of Democrats say they’re “extremely” or “very” proud to be American, according to a new Gallup poll, reflecting a dramatic decline in national pride that’s also clear among young people.
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Softball ambassador of the year: Nazareth’s Weaver was much more than a one-hit wonder
Weaver had one of the memorable home runs in Nazareth softball history, but she made many great memories in her career
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Venture into Bethlehem museum’s vault and explore 100 years of dollhouse craftsmanship
Bethlehem’s Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts is offering a peek behind the miniature curtains of one of the country’s largest antique dollhouse collections this summer.
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![Actors from the Bachmann Group participate Friday, July 4, 2025, in a reenactment of the original reading of the Declaration of Independence at the George Taylor House in Catasauqua. Taylor was a signer of the declaration and his home was one of the first places where the document was read to the public after being signed in Philadelphia in 1776. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-georgetaylor-0705013")
George Taylor House hosts annual Independence Day Event | PHOTOS
The George Taylor House plays host Friday, July 4, 2025, to a reading of the Declaration of Independence that takes place annually at the Catasauqua building. The event featured house tours, a Bell Choir performance, timeline parade, a reading of... -
![Community members march Friday, July 4, 2025, in the Annual Nazareth Kazoo Parade in Nazareth. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)]( "tmc-L-Kazoo-Parade24")
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![Flash flooding is seen Thursday evening, July 3, 2025, in the area of Santee Road in Bethlehem Township. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-FlashFloodSantee-0704-04")
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![People walk through lines of colorful cars Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Longswamp Township. Bear Creek kicked off the Independence Day holiday celebrations early with a free concert, fireworks and Dadapalooza car show. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-EarlyCelebration-02")
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![Nurture Nature Center’s docent Jeff Mucklin explains how a smiley face fireworks is made with different chemicals that burn different colors in a mortar Wednesday, July 2, 2025, during an event hosted by Nurture Nature Center on how pyrotechnicians make rockets, fountains and explosions at Hackett Park in Easton. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-FireworksScienceProgram-01")
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![Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk hands out Allentown Pride shirts Saturday, June 28, 2025 at a flag-raising ceremony at Allentown City Hall hosted by the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots in 1969. The six days of riots following a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, an LGBTQ+ bar in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, were a pivotal moment in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-OutAndProud011")
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![Former Los Angeles Clippers power forward Steffond Johnson celebrates a good putt Monday, June 23, 2025, during the annual Andre Reed Celebrity Golf Classic at Woodstone Country Club in Lehigh Township. The event benefits the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)]( "GOLF")
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On July 4, read the Declaration of Independence
On Independence Day, we present the Declaration of Independence.
Crime and Public Safety
A Q-tip found in the trash in the Poconos and spotless car were key evidence against Bryan Kohberger
Among the key evidence against Bryan Kohberger was a Q-tip found in the trash at...
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Top tablets to help college students study and succeed
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What to buy (and skip) on Prime Day, July 8-11
What to buy on Prime Day: The tariff edition.
Pennsylvania News
Trump’s massive tax bill could cost Pa. $800M to keep food benefits program going
Two million Pennsylvanians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, many of them children and...
National News
Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic
President Donald Trump signed his package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law Friday...
Allentown
Keaton Anthony atones for error with game-winning hit for IronPigs
Keaton Anthony extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a two-out, two-strike, two-run single...
Bethlehem Area
New Bethlehem record store hopes to continue legacy of former Double Decker in Allentown
The new Railroad Records store will let customers buy and sell records, CDs, antiques, clothing...