Acton celebrates the country’s 250th anniversary at NARA Park with games, commemorations, and lasers
On Thursday, July 2, hundreds of members of Acton’s community gathered for the decades-old Independence Day Celebration at NARA Park for a day of festivities, history, music, and laser shows. The event took place from 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., signaling one of the final celebrations Acton has undertaken in its commemorations for the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. July 4th, 1776 marked the date of formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress — the act that formally severed the ties between the 13 American colonies and Great Britain. Independence Day would…
