BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) – Residents on both sides of the Manatee River gathered Friday to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary, with fireworks launched over the water giving Bradenton and Palmetto a shared view of the grand finale.
Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown said the joint celebration between the two cities took roughly a year to plan.
“We started last year on July fifth thinking about what can be done and Mayor West and I talked and obviously upping the fireworks to give that bang of the 250 years,” Brown said…