You can find the best fireworks displays in your area, recipes for your Fourth of July party, learn the history of the holiday, and more.
Food
AllRecipes.com - Drinks, grilling, desserts, even a flag cake, AllRecipes has all of your food needs covered for the nation's birthday.
CookEatShare.com - Several recipe suggestions broken down by meal course.
Epicurious.com - Tends towards fancier fare than your standard grilled burgers with recipes and menus featuring things like "Grilled Hot Dogs with Mango Chutney and Red Onion Relish".
FoodNetwork.com - Instead of lumping all the recipes in together, Food Network has opted to split these up by the region of the United States you live in.
iVillage.com - Offers up a selection of recipes, menus, advice guides and more for a great Fourth of July.
Crafts & Decorations
Apples4TheTeacher.com - A site built for teachers, but plenty of handy craft ideas families can use as well as coloring pages, games and more.
ArtistsHelpingChildren.com - An extremely lengthy list of kid-friendly craft ideas to help them express their love for the 4th of July.
FamilyCorner.com - Has crafts, recipes, coloring pages, safety tips and more for making this the best Fourth of July possible for your family.
FamilyFun.com - Information on crafts, decorations and invitations you can make yourself to spruce up your celebrations.
Kaboose.com - Has ideas for decorations, recipe suggestions and alternative celebration ideas that could be especially handy in states that outlaw fireworks.
MarthaStewart.com - It wouldn't be a holiday if Martha Stewart didn't have some suggestions for crafts you could create to decorate. Has lots of video tutorials on how to make them, much better than the usual written guides.
Fireworks
AmaericanPyro.com - Website of the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA), has all sorts of safety tips and even has a directory of all the different state laws in regards to fireworks.
FactMonster.com - A large collection of facts about fireworks, various aspects of the celebrations, the history and more.
Fireworks - Sure it's just a simple Java application, but it's oddly fun and addicting. Just click your mouse around in the box and see and hear the fireworks go off.
FireworkSafety.com - Website of the National Council on Fireworks Safety with numerous safety tips to keep you and your family safe this year.
Holidays.net - Has a guide to the top 8 fireworks displays in the country for the big day.
History
American University History of July 4th - An extensive history of the holiday and how traditions surrounding it came to be.
History.com - Has a history of the holiday, maps of the early United States and a video gallery of different celebrations.
National Archives - Lets you look at the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Allows you to download very high resolution images of both.
PBS.org - The public broadcaster brings you a history of the holiday, the flag and other aspects of events in our history.