\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHundreds packed the hillsides around Red Mountain Saturday night for Thunder on the Mountain, the city\u2019s signature Fourth of July fireworks show at Vulcan Park & Museum. Crowds started staking out spots as early as 5 p.m., unfolding lawn chairs and picnic blankets hours before the first shell launched.The 20-minute show began at 9 p.m., filling the sky with more than 2,500 fireworks and effects synchronized to a patriotic soundtrack broadcast on local iHeartMedia stations. The annual tradition is one many say they circle on the calendar every year.\u201cWe come here every year, and me and my wife and kids used to come here every year,\u201d said Vernon Meadows of Walker County. \u201cShe passed away in 2020, so we come here every year \u2014 me and my children \u2014 to see the show in honor of her, more or less. But we also come here to see the festivities for what it is, and it\u2019s supposed to be one of the biggest, so that\u2019s why we\u2019re here now.\u201dThe long-running display is a centerpiece of Greater Birmingham\u2019s Independence Day festivities, drawing viewers from neighborhoods across the metro to vantage points around the Vulcan statue and nearby parks. Organizers say months of preparation go into the synchronized production, which remains one of Alabama\u2019s largest July 4 celebrations. As the show wrapped up, traffic bottlenecked on roads leading off Red Mountain. Police urged drivers and pedestrians to be patient, follow directions at intersections, and keep an eye out for families crossing busy streets.Thunder on the Mountain is free to attend and visible from dozens of viewing spots across the city. The spectacle typically lasts about 20 minutes and features a curated soundtrack simulcast on local radio for those watching from afar.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tBIRMINGHAM, Ala. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Hundreds packed the hillsides around Red Mountain Saturday night for Thunder on the Mountain, the city\u2019s signature Fourth of July fireworks show at Vulcan Park & Museum. Crowds started staking out spots as early as 5 p.m., unfolding lawn chairs and picnic blankets hours before the first shell launched.<\/p>\n The 20-minute show began at 9 p.m., filling the sky with more than 2,500 fireworks and effects synchronized to a patriotic soundtrack broadcast on local iHeartMedia stations. The annual tradition is one many say they circle on the calendar every year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe come here every year, and me and my wife and kids used to come here every year,\u201d said Vernon Meadows of Walker County. \u201cShe passed away in 2020, so we come here every year \u2014 me and my children \u2014 to see the show in honor of her, more or less. But we also come here to see the festivities for what it is, and it\u2019s supposed to be one of the biggest, so that\u2019s why we\u2019re here now.\u201d<\/p>\n The long-running display is a centerpiece of Greater Birmingham\u2019s Independence Day festivities, drawing viewers from neighborhoods across the metro to vantage points around the Vulcan statue and nearby parks. Organizers say months of preparation go into the synchronized production, which remains one of Alabama\u2019s largest July 4 celebrations. <\/p>\n As the show wrapped up, traffic bottlenecked on roads leading off Red Mountain. Police urged drivers and pedestrians to be patient, follow directions at intersections, and keep an eye out for families crossing busy streets.<\/p>\n Thunder on the Mountain is free to attend and visible from dozens of viewing spots across the city. The spectacle typically lasts about 20 minutes and features a curated soundtrack simulcast on local radio for those watching from afar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds packed the hillsides around Red Mountain Saturday night for Thunder on the Mountain, the city\u2019s signature Fourth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1069825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,293341,748,2737,393,293343,4884,293347,293345,293340,293344,119639,19965,293342,293348,17947,34234,143514,16,15,293346,3118],"class_list":["post-1069824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-sky","tag-britain","tag-city","tag-england","tag-family-honor-tradition","tag-great-britain","tag-july-firework-show","tag-large-july","tag-mountain-light","tag-nearby-park","tag-organizer","tag-p-m","tag-red-mountain-saturday-night","tag-red-mountain-thursday-night","tag-show","tag-spot","tag-thunder","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wvtm13-com-bhamnow-comas","tag-year"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116867024062239852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1069825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}