BOSTON (WHDH) – A huge crowd of revelers were evacuated from the Esplanade on Saturday due to a severe weather alert that prompted the postponement of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.
Prior to the announcementof the delay, Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart told 7NEWS the focus of everyone celebrating this year will be beating the heat before sharing a message for the country.
“It’s really wonderful to take a tradition and look at it and be able to give it a bit of an update and an upgrade,” Lockhart said. “We’ve changed the stage a little, and the lighting, and the way things look. My message to Americans is that everything is possible if we drop our grievances and come together.”…