Fireworks

For the past 53 years, Walpole has put on an annual fireworks display on the 3rd of July. Thousands of people will gather informally near the center of town to watch the display. For a small town, they put on a rather impressive display. The show lasted nearly 30 minutes!

We had been invited to join the Little League team at the coach's house. He lives a short walk from the main viewing area. At one point, there were well over 100 people at his house. It was great to see so many young boys running around and having a good time.

I took some short phone video of the event. I didn't want to spend too much time capturing the event for fear of missing out. I do wish I had been able to catch some of the spectacular finish. The layers of colors in the explosions almost appeared to move closer and closer--as if they were nearly upon you! The intensity grew and grew for nearly a full minute. It was an awesome way to end the evening and likely the best one we have ever seen. What makes this event so special is that we are almost literally under the spots where they go off. At that distance, you can literally feel the booms as the shells explode!