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Boston, MA - July 04, 2018: Scott Webb enjoys the festivities at the end of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA on July 04, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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Fireworks shoot from the Hatch Shell as confetti falls during the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Esplanade.

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Chairs lines the streets in Wakefield.

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Boston, MA - 7/4/17 - Audience members celebrate during the 80's Sing-Along during the Fourth of July Pops celebration on the Esplanade on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (Nicholas Pfosi for The Boston Globe)

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Boston police officers sing duet for Fourth of July in ‘Cop Pool Karaoke’ July 2, 2018 | 9:23 AM

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular from the roof of Boston University Dorm at 33 Harry Agganis Way.

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People gather for a preview at the Institute of Contemporary Art's new exhibition space, the Watershed, in an old sheet metal facility at the Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Friday, June 22, 2018. Regular admission to the ICA in the Seaport District will include water taxi service across the harbor to the Watershed. The facility opens to the public on July 4 with an exhibition by artist Diana Thater that will run through Oct. 8. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart leading the orchestra in the 2013 July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

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07/04/2013 BOSTON, MA Confetti rained down on concert goers during the July 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (cq) at the Hatch Shell (cq) in Boston. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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Boston, MA - 07/04/2016 People lie on confetti after the Independence Day celebrations neat the Hatch Shell along the Charles River Esplanade in Boston, MA, July 4, 2016.
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epa06058237 A long line of traffic crawls towards the Bourne Bridge, one of only two road bridges to access Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Interstate 495 at the start of the Independence Day weekend in Bourne, Massachusetts, USA, 30 June 2017. Due to the Fourth of July falling on a Tuesday this year, the American Automobile Association (AAA) estimates the Independence Day travel weekend (defined as 30 June through 04 July) could be one of the most traveled ever, with more than 44 million Americans traveling 50 miles (80 km) or more with more than 38 million of those via automobile. Lower gasoline and airline fares have contributed to the estimated three percent increase over last year according to reports. EPA/MATT CAMPBELL

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Morrow, 25, of Dorchester watch Independence Fireworks go off over the Charles River as they stand on Mass Ave in Cambridge, Massachusetts July 2, 2014. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
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Fireworks shoot from the Hatch Shell as confetti falls during the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Esplanade.

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The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular from the roof of Boston University Dorm at 33 Harry Agganis Way.

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