Thursday, July 05, 2007

Thanks to the American Legion for last night’s fireworks

Editorial posted by Barry Parr on Jul 05, 2007 at 04:40 pm in Community Events
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Elizabeth Boville

Darin Boville's daughter Elizabeth captured some great images of the American Legion's fireworks display Wednesday. Click to see her album.

It’s wonderful to have fireworks back on the Coastside for the Fourth of July. Half Moon Bay’s Fourth of July parade is a genuine small-town tradition and part of why we love living on the Coastside. But what’s the Fourth without fireworks? After a couple of years of confusion and rancor, American Legion Post 474 took over the tradition and have done an admirable job of restoring dignity to the event.

CLICK on the photo to see Elizabeth Boville’s album of photos from last night’s event.

Comments

Comment 1 by Cheri Parr on Jul 05 at 11:29pm • All my comments •

I have to admit to being quite jealous of these terrific pictures that Elizabeth took! I tried shooting the last fireworks show we had on the coast and her shots are miles beyond mine! Great work - I hope you'll keep contributing!

Comment 2 by Deb Wong on Jul 10 at 7:52am • All my comments •

BEAUTIFUL shots, Elizabeth! One way to make something that lasts a few seconds live forever. Our thanks too to the American Legion for bringing back the big fireworks!

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