This year’s July Fourth National Mall fireworks aren’t scheduled to begin until 10:30 p.m. at the earliest, and visitors will have to go through extensive security screenings to be let into the viewing area. The inconveniences associated with this year’s event have caused some people to look elsewhere for Fourth of July celebrations.If the triple-digit heat and Trump’s expected “really long” speech is making you rethink your plans, here are some other events in the region:Annapolis, Maryland, about 35 miles from Washington, D.C., has a ticketed July Fourth festival that runs from 12 to 4 p.m. The tickets provide access to three historic attractions: the William Paca House and Garden, Hogshead Trades Museum, and the Museum of Historic Annapolis.
The festival even features a Revolutionary Trades Showcase where visitors can print revolutionary-era pamphlets and practice colonial-era calligraphy. Guests will also have the opportunity to hear a Frederick Douglass reenactor give an excerpt from his book titled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” at various scheduled times.The City of Annapolis will host a downtown Fourth of July parade on West and Main Streets at 6:30 p.m., complete with a marching band and vintage vehicles.The fireworks show is scheduled to begin at 9:15 p.m. over Spa Creek. Organizers said folding chairs would be allowed.Fairfax
