July Fourth News

Fireworks Facts: 8 Deaths, 12,900 Injuries in 2017; $900M Sales Expected as States Ease Curbs

At least eight people lost their lives in fireworks mishaps in 2017 while another 12,900 ended up in hospital emergency rooms with injuries. The deaths in 2017 included a four-year old Wisconsin girl who died from shrapnel when a metal …

Future of Boston’s July 4th Celebration In Doubt Without a Successor to Sponsor Liberty Mutual

This Fourth of July, the cannons roared and the fireworks burst in brilliant colors as a world class orchestra drove home the climactic finale of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” as they have for decades over Boston’s Charles River. Pop stars Nick …