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Thousands celebrate the Fourth in Valley Stream
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An Array of fireworks lit up the night sky over Valley Stream’s Firemen’s Field for about 20 minutes on Monday.
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Bob Wright, lead singer of the band Old Skool, played at the Valley Stream Fourth of July firework show.
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Joslyn Barrera, 12, plays the tic tac toe bean bag toss.
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An Array of fireworks lit up the night sky over Valley Stream’s Firemen’s Field for about 20 minutes on Monday.
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Village Officials estimated that 4,000 people came to Firemen’s Field.
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Tyler Blacks, 3, plays the bean bag toss game, one of many activities for children and families before the fireworks show started at night.
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One of the many guests on Monday evening gets an up close look at the fireworks, which also drew several thousand people to watch from outside the park.
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More than 4,000 people gathered at Firemen’s Field on July 4 for the annual fireworks show, hosted by the village and Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce. Vinny Ang, assistant to the village Board of Trustees, said it was one of the largest crowds in years.
“I think a lot of people stayed in town and a lot of people came to the show,” he said, noting the cancelation of the fireworks show at Jones Beach and the high gas prices. “It was packed.”
Ang estimated that about 25,000 people lined the streets around the park when the fireworks began. He said people crowded Albermale Avenue, Berry Street and Emerson Place in particular to watch the 20-minute fireworks show.
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