Officials Outline Security Plans for Upcoming Boston Pops and Annual Fireworks Show - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Technique and timing: Guard cannons bring bang to Pops' 4th of July concert

Six Massachusetts National Guard soldiers will fire the cannons at the end of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, the finale to the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. The cannons have only about 20 seconds in the spotlight, but Sgt. Matthew Jodoin says it takes a lot of practice.

A spectacular lineup for Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular – The Bay State Banner

Roxbury native hip-hop trio Bell Biv DeVoe and Tony- and Grammy-winning vocalist Leslie Odom Jr. of “Hamilton” fame are among the performers taking the stage at this year's Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Charles River Esplanade.

Officials outline security plans for upcoming Boston Pops and annual fireworks show - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Cue the fireworks and the crowds. “In two days we will welcome hundreds of thousands of people here at The Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell to celebrate the Fourth of July,” said Rebecca Tepper, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. There is a very rigorous and multi-layer security plan with a maze of security check points for the esplanade. Boston will be decked out in red, white, and extra men and women in blue. “We are laser foc…