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Independence Day celebrates our independence from Britain. As we're constantly reminded, many people fought—many of them in the vicinity of Boston—to give us this independence and the associated freedom. Just as this freedom came with (the bill of) rights, so too did it come with responsibilities. While you celebrate the anniversary of our independence this weekend, keep in mind that we should respect the rights of others even as we rejoice in having our own. Four accidents have occurred and eight people have died already today, perhaps due to excessive and irresponsible celebration of this important anniversary. We encourage you to make this Independence Day joyful, not tragic: keep your wits about you as much as you can, don't drink too much, don't drink at all if you're driving, buckle up, and try not to be—or cause—another tragedy today.

Maybe? Anyway, Project Best Idea Ever offers you the opportunity to pay $45 (per person) for a rubber raft, a life vest, and nonspecific "dinner and beverages" (which seems to involve hot dogs) on the water this July 4. It's probably a better way to view the fireworks than going out ass-early to save a spot on the Longfellow, but you could probably also just buy the gear yourself—if not for less money, at least for the opportunity to reuse it in future years. But Project Best Idea ever has clearly appealed to some folks: it's in its fifth year, and 8pm tomorrow's the deadline for reserving a raft for next weekend. Sign up for your rubber raft today, enjoy fireworks in, er, style? next weekend.

        

Fireworks lit up the skies of Greater Boston last night. From our perch on the Mass. Ave. bridge, we saw four fireworks displays, including the grandest of them all, the Boston Pops extravaganza. (The other three appeared to be in Newton, Somerville(?), and South Boston.)

                     

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.