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While I appreciate the City of Raleigh having a fireworks display, please consider having a show where the fireworks actually go up in the air high enough you can see them. The show was terrible, all the people around us on Fayetteville St last night were also complaining. You couldn't see the fireworks.
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Susan (Guest)
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I couldn't see the fire works nor my friends (From a different vantage point) ... My children came home very disappointed about the fireworks display.... This was definitely the worse year in my 20 years in Raleigh. .. Doing a twitter search, It seems like everyone in DT Raleigh was disappointed and the other locations (Cary, Brier creek, wake forest) all had better firework display then our capital city...
the fireworks displays reminds me why Charlotte should be the capital.
Isn't Raleigh on the top 10 fastest growing cities??
-Wral Viewer
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JSmith (Guest)
It was a debacle last night. It made a terrible show even worse.
raleighnative (Guest)
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Bailey (Guest)
It was great to see the number of people going downtown however the 4th is about Fireworks and the display last night was poor at best. The firework show was like something you could do in your back yard and not a high grade production.
The fireworks didn't even go high enough for people at the other end of the street to see very well. In fact they didn't go Up much higher than the hotel next to it. Firework shows like at the fairgrounds with them going high into the air make much more of an impact and is what a real Firework show should be. Very obvious last nights show was disappointing and a let down for all,the people who attended.
Reid Serozi (Registered User)
Were there any really good viewing locations? Add them to the Triangle Wiki:
https://trianglewiki.org/Raleigh_Fireworks_for_the_4th_of_July
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Lilly (Registered User)
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clarkthain (Guest)
The Works was the pits & the fireworks an utter disgrace.
I heard no patriotic music in the 5 hours there. It was instead a parade of riff raff & drunks pushing their way thru families & over anyone (even seniors & wheelchairs) that stood in their way. The feeble fireworks were marred by rude parents who never learned not to obstruct someone's view when lifting a child on your shoulders. Is this what Raleigh has devolved into? Raleigh-You are a Capital City: Please act like one ! Raleigh should take a clue from neighboring Garner’s July 3rd event. It’s a truly fun & relaxing evening with country, beach & jazz music in the afternoon; then impressive fireworks accompanied by patriotic strains from the NC symphony. Next year skip the crass self-indulgent display called The Works & go somewhere that knows how to cerebrate the day -like Washington DC- or Garner NC
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