Fireworks in Coastal Northeast Areas

New York City July 4, 2005

July 1

Greenwich CT at the high school and Binney Park

Port Jefferson, NY at Percy Raynor Park - Lion's festival daily July 1-3. Parade on the 4th.

Phila, PA on Fairmount Park's Strawberry Mansion Bridge over the Schuylkill River - dance and display

July 2

Block Island, RI banjo concert on the beach at 7:30, fireworks at 9:00 pm

July 3

Bristol, RI over Bristol Harbor (10 pm)

Gloucester, MA over Gloucester Harbor (10 pm)

Manchester, MA over Singing Beach (9:15 pm)

Portsmouth, NH over Leary Field at 9:15 pm

July 4

Rumford, Maine over Pennacook Falls (largest display in Maine)

Bar Harbor, Maine over Frenchman's Bay

New York, NY Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular over the East River at the South Street Seaport July 4

Jones Beach, NY - beachfront extravaganza along the Wantaugh Parkway with a sea of humanity along the beach if you can get there at 8 pm

Montauk, NY at Umbrella Beach at 9 pm (the display at the Hampton's has been cancelled to preserve the nesting piping plovers)

Boston, MA along the Charles River between Cambridge and Boston with the Boston Pops performing at 8:30 at the Hatch Memorial Sheel and Esplanade, fireworks at 10:30 pm

Long Branch, NJ Oceanfest fireworks at 9 pm

Red Bank NJ - spectacular Grucci display over the Navesink River set to music simulcast on Q104.3 at 9 pm.

Phila, PA - All day celebration in the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed. Culminates in a spectacular "Philadelphia Freedom" concert featuring Sir Elton John at the Art Museum and a fantastic fireworks display over the river.

TOP 10 Waterfront Fireworks Displays in the Country

1. Boston MA on the Charles River with the Boston Pops

2. New York, NY Macy's Fireworks Spectacular at South Street Seaport

3. Block Island, RI at the beach but watched from aboard ship in the Great Salt Pond

4. Washington DC on the Mall over the Potomac River

5. Kodiak Island, AK over Chiniak Bay (they have to wait until it gets dark enough around midnight)

6. San Franciso, CA at Pier 39

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10. Wherever we happen to be on our boat at the time of the fireworks display!

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