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Fourth of July celebration to be held at Springfield's Riverfront Park

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published July 3, 2023 at 6:06 AM EDT
Fireworks launched from the Memorial Bridge are reflected in the Connecticut River.
Spirit of Springfield
Fireworks launched from the Memorial Bridge are reflected in the Connecticut River.

Fireworks will launch from the Memorial Bridge over the Connecticut River

The annual Independence Day event, “Star Spangled Springfield,” is being held again at Riverfront Park on Tuesday, July 4th.

Beginning at 6 p.m., there will be food, music, and activities for children concluding at night with a fireworks show over the Connecticut River.

Spirit of Springfield has put on the celebration for 38 years. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with the organization’s president Judy Matt.
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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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