Fireworks bring a spectacular end to Lewes July 4 celebration
First a brilliant sunset, then the real show in the sky over Lewes began: the annual fireworks show.
Thousands walked, biked or drove to Lewes Beach. Others camped out at every good viewing spot around town to watch the send-off to Independence Day 2023.
Crews on the fireworks barge began the show just about 9 p.m. as the horizon still glowed with the last light of the day.
Before the fireworks, people enjoyed food trucks, a DJ and, of course, Dairy Queen, at the corner of Savannah Road and Cape Henlopen Drive.
The Lewes fireworks are organized by the Go Fourth Lewes Fireworks nonprofit group and paid for through donations from local residents and businesses.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
