Article: Fourth of July festivities plentiful in East Coast cities

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Fourth of July festivities plentiful in East Coast cities ARTHUR FROMMER Date: 06-16-2002, Sunday Section: TRAVEL Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday Column: BUDGET TRAVEL

Instead of claiming your own 3 square feet of sand on a crowded beach during the Fourth-of-July weekend, why not pay a visit to one of the nation's great cities, where Independence Day has some real meaning?

The biggest and best Fourth of July celebrations are hosted by the big cities along the East Coast. Three of them (Philadelphia, Boston, and New York) played vital roles in the Revolutionary War, and the fourth (Washington) was created as a result of it. As a bonus, nearly all of the holiday ...

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