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By adamg - 7/5/12 - 8:59 am

Fireworks over the Charles

Myron Freeman watched the fireworks in the rain last night.

More photos:

By adamg - 7/4/12 - 10:12 pm

Real fireworks in the skyPhoto of some real fireworks by Tmccool.

By adamg - 7/4/12 - 12:49 pm

Some photos from people about town today:

By adamg - 6/30/12 - 12:56 pm

The fleets are in - tall and navy ships from around the world, celebrating July Fourth, the anniversary of the War of 1812 and Navy Week. What to see.

Some photos from this morning:

By adamg - 6/29/12 - 12:20 pm

I can't wait to see what CBS has cooked up for the Boston fireworks this July Fourth. How are they going to top last year's augmented reality? Only thing is, they're just going to start in at 10 p.m., so this year people westa Worcester will be deprived of most of the Pops concert, although they will get Jennifer Hudson. Outrage?

By adamg - 7/8/11 - 8:46 am

Next year's display? We can only hope. By Aughtomat, who also gives us this.Next year's display?

By adamg - 7/5/11 - 8:48 am

The fireworks barge on the Charles caught fire around 5:30 a.m., with 15 live charges on board, sending thick black smoke into the air - and fire departments in both Boston and Cambridge ordering boaters to stay way the hell away, Nichole Davis at New England Roadways reported.

By adamg - 7/4/11 - 4:02 pm

July 3rd with the Pops

Leslee took in the rehersal performance at the Hatch Shell.

By adamg - 7/3/11 - 11:31 am

Yoni Appelbaum reports on days of yore when Salem would light massive bonfires to herald July Fourth:

By adamg - 7/5/10 - 6:18 pm

Hot

OK, and some tourists and crazed Bostonians slurping down hot chowder in front of City Hall. On a day like this, when even the people in T-shirts were dying, we can only imagine what it was like to march around downtown Boston reclaiming the territory for His Majesty in heavy woolen uniforms.

By JohnAKeith - 7/5/10 - 11:58 am

Derrick Jackson at the Boston Globe notices how the Charles River is so nice and clean, these days:

On the Fourth of July, the Charles River retreats to a backdrop for the majestic music of the Pops and the magic of fireworks. On closer look, we have much more to celebrate, as we have granted these once-horribly polluted waters their own independence ...

Not only the river itself but the pathways along the Charles have become much cleaner, the result of efforts by the state and private organizations to reduce the effects of having a large resident geese population.

By adamg - 7/5/10 - 8:47 am

Boom!

Matthew I. watched the Esplanade fireworks.

By adamg - 7/4/10 - 11:56 pm

Old State House on July Fourth

By adamg - 7/4/10 - 10:15 am

Command and control

By adamg - 7/6/09 - 11:56 pm

Maria Ciampa learned that lesson in a Revere parking lot on Saturday:

...And now, I would have to teach yoga the next day with a braised finger, and how can I justify being a person who is trying to impart yogic principles of being ethical and non-violent when I light illegal firecrackers and am not even cool enough to not almost blow myself up? Okay, universe, lesson learned! I'll stay away from firecrackers and stick to making collages from my old Real Simple magazines while I listen to my "Pretty in Pink" Pandora station in my room. ...

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