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July 4 fireworks in Dewey Beach canceled
Alex Pires: Gov. John Carney ordered shutdown
Highway One announced June 30 that its 2020 fireworks have been canceled. Shown are fireworks from the 2017 Dewey Beach show. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
June 30, 2020
Dewey Beach’s annual July Fourth fireworks display has been canceled.
The celebration is put on every year by Highway One. In a Facebook post Tuesday, June 30, Highway One President Alex Pires said Gov. John Carney ordered the cancellation.
Earlier in the month, Pires exhibited the permit he received from the Office of the State Fire Marshal allowing the show. As recently as two days ago, Pires said on Facebook the show will continue.
The Cape Gazette published a full-page ad in its June 30 edition announcing Highway One was working with local and state officials, agencies and law enforcement to “produce the safest and most socially distanced show possible.”
