Adam McCready shows us how one household celebrates our independence on Sycamore Street in Watertown.
Carlson, meanwhile, gets to enjoy this quaint display in Arlington: Read more.
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By adamg - 7/4/15 - 11:18 pm
617 Images had a good view of the fireworks tonight.
Phil R. also watched the fireworks from across the river: Read more.
By adamg - 7/4/15 - 1:11 pm
Happy 4th to everyone. Loud and proud, being part of this country. God bless America. pic.twitter.com/5ZI8K8oWWf
— David Ortiz (@davidortiz) July 4, 2015
By adamg - 7/4/15 - 12:07 pm
Seems our second president would have preferred July 2 as Independence Day, although that would have deprived us of that story about him and Jefferson both dying within hours of each other on the national holiday.
David Parsons captured the Adams mural in Quincy.
Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 7/4/14 - 1:46 pm
Matt Conti watched the USS Constitution on her last July Fourth turnaround before three years in drydock for repairs. More photos.
By adamg - 7/3/14 - 11:20 am
The lawn in front of the Hatch Shell doesn't open until 5 p.m. for tonight's Fourth Third festivities, but Leslee spotted people lining up this morning to get in at the stroke of 5.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 7/2/14 - 4:26 pm
Organizers are moving the Boston Pops concert and fireworks to tomorrow night due to Arthur. The real festivities will take the place of the practice concert, which will not take place at all.
The state plans to keep Storrow Drive open for the morning commute, but to shut it at noon, so if you drive to work on Storrow tomorrow, keep that in mind.
Officials say the weather could still force a cancellation of the show and that they will probably make a go/no-go decision late afternoon.
Why not Saturday? State Police say there are issues with performers' contracts that would prohibit that.
By adamg - 7/5/13 - 11:32 am
Nick Gillham watched the fireworks from Cambridge.
Rob Bellinger watched the fireworks from a South Boston rooftop:
By adamg - 7/4/13 - 11:33 pm
Fireworks over the Charles. Photo by Greg Hum.
One highlight was when Keith Lockhart turned the baton over to Transit Police Officer Richard Donohue.
Several people said attendance seemed to be down on the Esplanade, although it was hard to say if it was because of the increased security or the increased heat. Jeff Tamagini didn't think much of the shutdown of the Mass. Ave. bridge:
Well the fireworks from Mass. Ave. bridge were subpar and pointless. Let's hope it was a one time thing - I want my bridge back!
The hitch? The simulcast of the music. See Kaz's comments, below.
By adamg - 7/4/13 - 6:28 pm
State Police didn't just ensure that Fourth Amendment protesters dispersed "peacefully" at the Esplanade today, they took pictures of some of them to post to Twitter, including this representative from Star Fleet.
By adamg - 6/25/13 - 11:07 am
Police and parks officials file into Oval for press conference on July Fourth security.
Well, maybe one surprise: The Mass. Ave. bridge will be shut at 4 p.m. so that some sort of fireworks-related display can be done from it, state officials announced today.
State Police said fireworks attendees can expect bag checks, prohibitions on many items and far greater police and camera surveillance of the Pops concert and fireworks.
By adamg - 6/16/13 - 8:51 am
The Globe reports the good news.
Oh, yeah, the Globe also reports this is all because of evil New Yorkers trying to squash our poor little fireworks display, but, hey, even evil New Yorkers aren't all bad.
By adamg - 7/6/12 - 8:50 am
The Herald interviews witnesses who saw two people get hit by lightning in South Boston's Thomas Park on July Fourth.
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