on the south end of the lake every year around 4th of July. There is another firework show on Labor Day Weekend that happens on the north end of the lake. References External links Depression-Era History of Lake Springfield Further reading Robert Mazrim and Curtis Mann, Lake Springfield in Illinois: Public Works and Community Design in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Mount Pleasant, S.C.; America Though Time/Arcadia, 2021). A pictorial history of Lake Springfield. Bodies of water of Sangamon County, Illinois Protected areas of Sangamon County, Illinois Springfield Springfield, Illinois 1935 establishments in Illinois