July 4th on the Charles River Esplanade

July 4, 2010 will be remembered as a warm day in the 90s that cooled off in the late afternoon and evening for a great fireworks display. I congratulate the people who camped out all day for the best seats, for myself I did a bike-through in the early afternoon.

How did we get the domain name July4th.org? Boston of course believes it owns the 4th of July. There would no independence without the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege of Boston. We kicked the British out of Massachusetts a full 3 1/2 months before indepedence was declared.