Boston Pops, Stars and Stripes Forever - Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular 2016

Boston Pops performing Stars and Stripes Forever during the dress rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (July 3, 2016)

[@jasobres]

I love when they drop the flag during the final chorus!

[@rebecca8525]

That’s the best

[@gridlore]

I tear up every time.

[@enjayO]

This is all i need for my 4th of July. I live for that flag unfurling.❤️🇺🇲

[@joewest1837]

@@gridlore So do I, Every. Single. Time.

[@aquamarine1190]

@@enjayO Me, too 😁 And every time I see it, it makes me cry 😢 I missed it last night, so I came here to watch it now 👏👏👏👏👏

[@artinohanian7655]

I am a PROUD Armenian-American but I was born bred and raised in the good old US of A, therefore my heart will ALWAYS belong to this great nation. I love my nation, a nation where the son of 2 immigrants could become a pharmacist with nothing but hard work and free opportunity! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[@emjackson2289]

" "a nation where the son of 2 immigrants could become a pharmacist with nothing but hard work and free opportunity" - free opportunity provided by the Federal State and County Government that's so often decryed as socialism by many sadly.

[@christinemartin1352]

Love it when the piccolo women stand up and play their big part!

[@phylliskeenan4353]

I kept saying to the cameraman (after it happened of course) "move your camera LEFT, show the soloists stage RIGHT! Don't you realize this is the Piccolo solo?!!!!" It's not easy to take a good video.

[@chadmark88]

I wait for that part EVERY time I watch this song being performed . . and also listen for them at the very end, when ALL instruments are playing, you can still hear the smallest ones !!

[@lauracoutinho5478]

Gotta hand it to Boston, they know how to throw a damn good concert

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

And Keith Lockhart is an Excellent Conductor

[@chrisarseneault5617]

Having grown up Boston. I would have to agree with you. Hands down the best Independence Day concerts and fireworks and canons ever every year.

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

[@chrisarseneault5617]

I was born and raised in Boston and I moved to Indianapolis and people here don't understand how to celebrate July 4th Independence Day like they do in Boston I miss it

[@thekingcobra63]

As a true American this song brings tears of pride every time I hear it.

[@annecohen8927]

Should Washington DC be renamed in honor of John Philip Sousa? Is there a street named after him? As in John Philip Sousa Street?

[@ILoveOldTWC]

Who's watching on this 4th of July 2020?

[@christopherwesterberg8555]

This is My Favorite Song from The Boston Pops

[@lindaniewinski3146]

one thumb down.........there's always one in every crowd.....wonderful performance , bravo.......

[@briancain4974]

Even as a Canadian... I love this!

[@bernardhessley9599]

Brian Cain and I love the Canadian National Anthem.

[@artinohanian7655]

We love Canada too! Our cousins!

[@EdwardSmith-xx4uu]

Thanks for posting this, too, Dorrie. Everytime I hear this Sousa march, I think of Anna and her piccolo.

[@jeannieharmon628]

besides sleigh ride this has boston pops all over it! absolute best!!!

[@Laura-6887]

I miss seeing this live on TV

[@ThoroughbredWriter714]

July 4, 2021: BLOOMBERG TV, 8PM - 11PM, Eastern US Time. I don't know where you live, but in the NYC/Westchester/Long Island region, that's Channel 105. This year, the Pops will broadcast live AND livestream -- in case you can't get it on TV -- from Tanglewood. I hope you can watch it! :)

[@mattdaugherty7865]

We used to watch "Pop's goes the fourth" on A&E every year!

[@LaKellita]

The person filming clearly missed the piccolo solo, smh

[@enjayO]

You know why they stopped playing at the end, right? Because you can't play The Stars and Stripes FOREVER 😁

[@jenniferrogers2492]

Haha😆

[@tonybarde2572]

This sounds like old time carnival or circus music

[@shirleyjennings5787]

I LOVE THE USA.

[@BradSD25]

No applause for the piccolists?

[@kimberlyjohnston]

Happy 4th of July 2021 Boston PoPs🎉

[@chrisarseneault5617]

I say the same every time that flag unfurl's makes me tear up and appreciate the wonderful spectacular country that we live in

[@mannbradmusic]

Very well done and for the benefit and information of you and others who view this, there are actually lyrics for the main theme of this work and they are below if you want to read them while listening or sing along. It begins at the 1:03 mark. Hurrah for the flag of the free! May it wave as our standard forever, the gem of the land and the sea, the banner of the right. Let despots remember the day when our fathers with mighty endeavor proclaimed as they marched to the fray that by their might and by their right it waves forever!

[@annecohen8927]

So exciting!! Very nicely performed . Sousa would be so proud to hear his piece perfectly performed by the entire orchestra, which includes the strings, fireworks and the cheers by his fellow Americans in the audience. Just think of it. John Philip Sousa would be extremely proud and honored to be an American, born and raised.

[@livefree223]

Seeing the Pops on the Fourth of July is a trip. If you're a patriotic American, you need to do it at least once. These guys know how to put on an Independence Day show!

[@whyputaname]

Boston Always puts on a good party....

[@2minniegirl]

Wow you don't see fireworks popping up in the end

[@spencerperry300]

on the beach on nantucket life dosent get much better!!

[@MsXizan]

Do I hear dogs howling?

[@vikeirishman]

WOW how do you get tickets to something like this???

[@whyputaname]

You don't, it is free, but have to get there early if you want to be in front of the Half Shell..

[@LaKellita]

Don't get tickets. Get a big bag of Depends and get a good spot 🤣

[@keithdoersam2557]

Its "hatch"

[@lizgreer6888]

The 3rd of July is their free "dress rehearsal" performance. It's all the same concert, don't have to get there early (usually getting there 2-4 hours early is sufficient) and a little more laid back. People bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnic and play board games. Extremely strong security measures but so much fun and a good time. The actual 4th of July you have to get there super early. Usually 10 or more hours. The place is locked down like an army base and is a live televised performance.

[@이승우-b2u]

1941

[@lnorris5142]

Shout out to the piccolos!!

[@davidblankenship2720]

The blonde girl is good very good 👍

[@kpackard1]

Sadly our country is falling because of some violent rioters