Get Creative At Home

You don’t always have to go outside to celebrate 4th July. There are a ton of activities which you can do from the comfort of your home. For example, you could bake patriotic red, blue, and white desserts. The family can join in on preparing some 4th July cakes, brownies, and cupcakes. You could also start a barbecue. Just fire up the grills and make some burgers and hotdogs. No party is complete without great music, so get someone to play a patriotic tune on the guitar while everybody else sings along. Games are always a great way to keep your spirits up. You can play a trivia revolving around 4th July and some of the significant events in America’s history. To top it all off, you could grab a patriotic movie to watch in the evening.

Portland Museum of Art

Are you an art lover? A tour to the Portland Museum of Art is a great way to spend 4th July. The Portland Museum of Art houses works of icons such as Andy Warhol, Winslow Homer, and Claude Monet, among others. The museum also has an extensive collection of contemporary, American, and European works, as well as collections by Maine Artistes. You will also find sketches, Photographs, sculptures, ornate silverware, pottery, furniture, and so much more. With over 18,000, you will be hard-pressed not to find something interesting to view. The collection at the Portland Museum of Art is so big that it would take you approximately ten years of continuous gallery rotations to view all the items in the museum. The museum also has a store and a cafe on-site.

The Portland Museum of Art is located about half a mile southwest of Old Port, near downtown Portland. Public parking is available for a fee on the streets around the museum. The museum is open during the regular hours from 10 am to 6 pm. Admission is free for members and people under 21 years, $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and students.

This list is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather as a guide on some of the activities you can do on 4th July in Portland, Maine to celebrate America’s Independence. There are a handful of other places to visit, sites to see, and activities that you can do at home. Regardless of how you chose to celebrate 4th July, it is important to take a moment and reflect on how far America has come. It is essential to appreciate the sacrifices, struggles, and triumphs of those who came before us, and to live by the founding documents drafted by our forefathers that made our nation the greatest nation on earth.