4th of July in New York City – Macy’s Fireworks Spectacular!!!

(That’s right, three exclamation points!)

I have only one warning: if you take the advice I’m about to give, no local 4^th of July celebration will ever satisfy again.

Do something different for Independence Day 2009 by packing up the family and heading to New York City to see the Macy’s 4^th of July Fireworks Show on the Hudson River. Send your retinas into chromatic overdrive as thousands of vivid, colorful sparks dance across the sky to a soundtrack of sky-piercing drums.

Typically an East River celebration, Macy’s has moved their annual spectacular to the Hudson to celebrate the 400^th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s first cruise down the river, and with such an occasion to honor, the show is expected to be bigger and better than ever. The venue change is all the better, we say, because there’s no better place to see it.

One of our favorite hotels in Manhattan near the Hudson is the Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, and they’re currently running a special on their Hudson River-view rooms.

Not only is it an incredible vantage point on the show, but before and after the 4^th of July activities, you’re still in New York City, in Times Square no less. Learn all about it here.

The Macy’s 4^th of July Fireworks Celebration will be held on July 4^th obviously, starting at around 9:00 p.m. While the atmospheric rim shots of a booming display are all the music I’d need, the New York Pops will be on-hand to add a little musical flourish to the evening. You can learn a little more here.

Have fun!

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