Boston celebrates July Fourth; David Mugar remembered for decades of support
BOSTON — A crowd of more than 250,000 lined the banks of the Charles River and filled the Esplanade as the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular to the Charles River Esplanade for the first time since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston Pops and Conductor Keith Lockhart led the show for the 27th time. The concert was originally planned by Pops maestro Arthur Fiedler who was joined by his longtime friend David Mugar in “upping the ante”…