3. Attend the Independence Day Celebration at Historic Richmond Town
Before watching fireworks or attending a rooftop party, stop by Historic Richmond Town‘s Independence Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Staten Island celebration will include a reading of the Declaration of Independence, a patriotic pinwheel parade, and home-churned ice cream. At the Guyon-Lake-Tysen farmhouse, costumed interpreters will meet you for a walk around the living history village.
While there, make your own flags and Victorian paper pinwheels, learn about the period tools used to make 18th-century household necessities, visit the Historical Museum, and meet John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Visitors can also sign an oversized Declaration of Independence with a quill and ink and can churn their own ice cream using old-fashioned methods. The Unexcelled Firework Company will also give a demonstration about the Science Behind Fireworks. Tickets will be $15 per person and free for members.