Every Fourth of July, the Boston Pops concert on the Esplanade ends with a bang. And it isn't just fireworks. The high point of the 1812 Overture includes firing cannons. The piece is about Russia's ...

Thursday night, for the 50th time, Boston's annual Fourth of July celebration will come to a crescendo of cannon fire, fireworks and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The tradition began in 1974 when ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Fireworks dazzled crowds at the Hatch Shell Oval on the Charles River Esplanade Thursday night as this year’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular came to a close. Cannons boomed during ...

It was a stunning birthday bash for America as Boston held its annual July 4th fireworks with the Boston Pops and other special guests. People were treated to three hours of musical performances from ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Preparations continued on the Charles River Esplanade Wednesday ahead of Thursday’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Iconic cannons that fire during the Pops’ performance of ...

Somehow, over the past half-century and with hardly anyone noticing, the 19th century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has become as integral to the Fourth of July as George Washington and ...