Our POTD person has the day off for her birthday (Happy birthday Korri!), so we're bringing you a gallery of Boston fireworks from years past in honor of the Fourth. Some of the images are actually from New Year's Eve fireworks, but they were so cool we couldn't exclude them! We hope to see many more fireworks pictures tagged Bostonist after this weekend. Photo gallery contributors include Aero Racer E, AntyDiluvian, DJ Durutti, minutemen1775, Paul......

Image from Flickr user DJ Durutti Boston is the greatest place in the country to spend Independence Day. It's the historical center of America, the place where it all happened, the site of the greatest fireworks, yar yar yar, blah blah blah. You're here; you know this. But is there anything you don't know about Independence Day in and around Boston? We're trying to find that out. The Globe covers tired--'scuse us, "tried"--and true......