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Find the best places to watch the
Boston 4th July fireworks and Boston
Pops live
here.
Boston
is the site of 500,000 visitors who
come to watch their fireworks
spectacular. For over 30 years, the
event has been growing to become one
of the nation's top Independence Day
displays. Boston's July 4th combines
the sounds of the famed Boston Pops
with a historical atmosphere and
several tons of explosives. The
Boston Pops concert begins at 8:00
and fireworks commence at 10:30 p.m.
All events are being held at the
Esplanade, which is the area
adjacent to the Charles River.
The
Charles River is an 80 mile
long river that flows in an overall
northeasterly direction in eastern
Massachusetts, USA. From its source
in Hopkinton, the river travels
through 22 cities and towns until
reaching the Atlantic Ocean at
Boston. It is also sometimes called
the River Charles. Brandeis
University, Harvard University,
Boston University, and the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology are all located along the
Charles River. Near its mouth, it
forms the border between downtown
Boston and Cambridge and Charlestown
(a neighborhood of Boston). Here,
the river opens out into a broad
basin and is lined by the parks of
the Charles River Reservation. On
the Charles River Esplanade stands
the Hatch Shell, where concerts are
given in summer evenings. The basin
is especially known for its
Independence Day celebration. The
middle section of the river, between
the Watertown Dam and Wellesley is
partially protected by the
properties of the Upper Charles
River Reservation and other state
parks, including the Hemlock Gorge
Reservation, Cutler Park, and the
Elm Bank Reservation.
Today's Charles River basin between
Boston and Cambridge is almost
entirely a work of human design.
Owen A. Galvin was appointed head of
the Charles River Improvement
Commission by Governor William E.
Russell in 1891. Their work led to
the design initiatives of noted
landscape architects Charles Eliot
and Arthur Shurcliff, both of whom
had apprenticed with Frederick Law
Olmsted, and by the architect and
landscape architect Guy Lowell. This
designed landscape now includes over
20 parks and natural areas along 19
miles (31 km) of shoreline, from the
New Dam at the Charlestown Bridge to
the dam near Watertown Square.
Note:
If you're a big fireworks fan, then
be sure to check out the
Boston New
Years Eve fireworks.
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