Tonight is THE night - The 30th year of Fireworks by Grucci on the Thames River. I remember the very first year of the event, when I showed up at Washington Park in Groton with family, friends, blankets and Kentucky Fried Chicken. We arrived around 6:30PM, thinking we'd be there early to get a good spot. HA!Thousands of others had the same idea! Tonight, I have friends who will be viewing from beaches on both sides of the river, the railroad tracks, the parking garage in New London, their own boats and even the Groton Stop & Shop parking lot. I've watched from both New London and Groton but tonight I'll be at a parking lot on the shoreline in Groton. We need to be there by around 5:30PM because Thames Street will be blocked off to traffic at 6:00PM. Not long after, the first cheers will go up as the barges head up the river to get in position. Food and music will keep us entertained until 9:25PM, the official start. The weather is going to be clear and in the 70's. I'd call that perfect fireworks weather. Here is the official promotion for the event: "The fireworks extravaganza are produced by the world-famous Grucci family. The state-of-the-art display is choreographed to music. This audiovisual spectacular has become the second largest Grucci fireworks event in the United States! This unique spectacle is even larger than last year, is still the Grucci's second longest running program in the country. More than 22,916 individual shells will be fired by the Grucci's during the 25 minute program. The show will be set off electronically from 22 battery formations aboard three barges on the Thames River." This is the night! I can't wait!
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