<P> A festively decorated Independence day cake . </P> <Li> <P> Lakes are a popular destination for Fourth of July celebrations in the Midwest . </P> </Li> <P> Lakes are a popular destination for Fourth of July celebrations in the Midwest . </P> <Ul> <Li> Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States . </Li> <Li> Since 1868, Seward, Nebraska has held a celebration on the same town square . In 1979 Seward was designated "America's Official Fourth of July City - Small Town USA" by resolution of Congress . Seward has also been proclaimed "Nebraska's Official Fourth of July City" by Governor James Exon in proclamation . Seward is a town of 6,000 but swells to 40,000 + during the July 4 celebrations . </Li> <Li> Since 1912, the Rebild Society, a Danish - American friendship organization, has held a July 4 weekend festival that serves as a homecoming for Danish - Americans in the Rebild Hills of Denmark . </Li> <Li> Since 1959, the International Freedom Festival is jointly held in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario during the last week of June each year as a mutual celebration of Independence Day and Canada Day (July 1). It culminates in a large fireworks display over the Detroit River . </Li> <Li> The famous Macy's fireworks display usually held over the East River in New York City has been televised nationwide on NBC since 1976 . In 2009, the fireworks display was returned to the Hudson River for the first time since 2000 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's exploration of that river . </Li> <Li> The Boston Pops Orchestra has hosted a music and fireworks show over the Charles River Esplanade called the "Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular" annually since 1973 . The event was broadcast nationally from 1991 until 2002 on A&E, and since 2002 by CBS and its Boston station WBZ - TV . WBZ / 1030 and WBZ - TV broadcast the entire event locally, and from 2002 through 2012, CBS broadcast the final hour of the concert nationally in primetime . The national broadcast was put on hiatus beginning in 2013, which Pops executive producer David G. Mugar believed was the result of decreasing viewership caused by NBC's encore presentation of the Macy's fireworks . The national broadcast will be revived for 2016, and expanded to two hours . </Li> <Li> On the Capitol lawn in Washington, D.C., A Capitol Fourth, a free concert broadcast live by PBS, NPR and the American Forces Network, precedes the fireworks and attracts over half a million people annually . </Li> </Ul>

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