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Boston’s Signature July Fourth Fete Faces Uncertain Future
PHILIP MARCELO In this July 3, 2015 photo, fireworks shoot from the top of the Hatch Shell in Boston during rehearsal Day celebrations — is un-
Associated Press certain.
BOSTON (AP) — This Fourth for the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) Businessman and philan-
of July, the cannons will thropist David Mugar is
roar and the fireworks will stepping down as founder
burst in brilliant colors as a and executive director
world class orchestra drives of the celebration after
home the climactic fina- 43 years and it’s not clear
le of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 who’s going to fill the spon-
Overture,†as they have sorship and leadership
for decades over Boston’s void.
Charles River. Longtime sponsor and Bos-
Pop stars Nick Jonas and ton-based insurance giant
Demi Lovato and country Liberty Mutual decided not
group Little Big Town will to renew its contract last
entertain the over 500,000 year.
expected to attend and And Mugar, whose family
the millions more across founded the Star Market
the country watching live grocery chain in the Bos-
on CBS. ton area, couldn’t secure
But the future of the Boston another financial backer.
Pops Fireworks Spectacu-
lar — one of the nation’s Continued on Page 3
signature Independence
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