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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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The
City of Fall River and the Friends of
Heritage State Park sponsored a Fourth of July evening event at
Battleship Cove that drew thousands. The warm evening brought people to
the waterfront to enjoy the carnival events at the midway set up in the
parking lot or to listen to the music of the musical group Room
Full of Blues. As the sun set over the Taunton River, a few even
took advantage of the live music to dance in the grass. By 9:30 p.m.
twenty minutes of fireworks had begun, much to the enjoyment of the
crowd that included lots of children and families, many from surrounding
communities. "This is a terrific event for families,"
commented Dave Cote of Fall River who brought his
two-and-a-half-year-old son to see the event. Click
here for photos of last year's event. Click
here for the Herald News article about the event. For information about the Friends of Heritage State Park, contact Paul Simister at 508-353-0416. |
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(Top row, left) Carl Black sells a huge variety of glowing wands from his cart at the bottom of Central Street. (Top row, center) Eight-year-old Mekenzie Satanosul, center, waits for the start of the fireworks with members of her family in front of the Heritage State Park Visitors' Center. (Top row, right) The two half-completed cooling towers at Dominion's Brayton Point power station in Somerset loom over the river as the patrol boats get ready for the fireworks. (Middle row, left and right) George Christie of Pawtucket and Melissa Slegona of Wareham dance to the music of Room Full of Blues played by Doug Woolverton on trumpet, Mark Earley on tenor sax and Rich Lataille on alto sax. (Bottom row) The crowd enjoys twenty minutes of fireworks, including two-and-a-half-year-ld Eliza Cote held by his father, David. |
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