"Esplanade event 'the best thing ever'; Show climaxes day of pomp, circumstance, pride, and citizenship" by Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff | July 5, 2008
More than 500,000 spectators to the banks of the Charles River to witness a fireworks and musical spectacle that has evolved into a national celebration of American independence. Modern-day patriots stabbed plastic flags into the Hatch Shell lawn, painted their faces red, white, and blue, and wore foam Statue of Liberty crowns while waiting patiently for the show to start.
And they didn't have a clue as to what any of that symbolism really meant!
More than 50 public agencies were also involved in the event's coordination.
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So the taxpayers forked over something, even as the Globe tries to make you think it was all private dough and the greatest thing since the flush toilet.
Sigh.
