Mayor Bill de Blasio and Macy�s announced Thursday that the iconic Macy�s 4th of July Fireworks show will return as a live holiday spectacle on New York�s East River this Independence Day.

The news comes after last year�s annual July 4 celebration was transformed into a series of pre-recorded, smaller fireworks displays around the city as the country battled the COVID-19 pandemic.

Macy�s described this year�s comeback show as a �jaw dropping pyrotechnic salute to American bravery and optimism in an incomparable barrage of color, light, shape and sound.�