With the New York City skyline in the background fireworks explode during an Independence Day show over the East River in New York, on July 4, 2017. Andres Kudacki/File/AP Photo
NEW YORK—After a year lost to the coronavirus, New York City’s most well-known Fourth of July traditions are back.
The traditional Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show will be back in full form with a display over the East River, with shells being shot from five barges in a televised, choregraphed spectacle.