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Thousands gather in Portland to watch Fourth of July fireworks
A crowd estimated at 15,000 turned out for the pyrotechnics display Sunday night on the Eastern Promenade.
The lawn was more sparsely populated Sunday night than during pre-pandemic fireworks displays at the Eastern Promenade.
Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Thousands of people gathered Sunday night on Portland’s Eastern Promenade – and in cities and towns across Maine – to enjoy fireworks displays, which they missed out on last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Portland’s pyrotechnics display, which went off without a hitch at about 9:20 p.m., represented a chance for people not only to celebrate the nation’s independence, but to experience a semblance of normalcy after enduring a grueling 16-month pandemic that restricted large gatherings.
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