The fireworks on the Fourth of July in 2019. (Ron Cooper/Special to Salem Reporter)
Don’t expect to set up your lawn chair in Riverfront Park for the annual Fourth of July fireworks show.
The city of Salem didn’t contract with a fireworks vendor this year “due to the uncertainty concerning the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020.”
Salem typically orders the fireworks a year in advance, and in 2019 spent, $15,000 on the display.
It’s the second year the fireworks show, which draws thousands to the riverfront each year, has been canceled.
The city is expected to bring fireworks back in 2022.
-Saphara Harrell
