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Fourth Of July Normalcy - Thursday July 1

This Fourth of July holiday is seeing some form of normalcy returning in terms of in-person celebration.

Stephen Pelkey, CEO of New Hampshire based Atlas PyroVision and Entertainment, talks with Dara Kennedy and Maya Shwayder on how his professional fireworks display and retail business acclimated to the challenges stemming from a pandemic year.

Massachusetts Fire Marshall Peter Ostroskey will discuss the crackdown on illegal fireworks crossing into the state and the safest way to celebrate.

The yearly citizen naturalization ceremony returns at Old Sturbridge Village. Rhys Simmons - Director of Interpretation, explains how the museum is pulling out all the stops for the in-person celebration.

In Hartford, Taneisha Duggan explains how this year's new Hartford Bonanza, will be more vibrant than past celebrations.