BOSTON — In a sight you don’t see every day, multiple military helicopters made the Boston Common their landing pad on Wednesday.
But don’t worry, the landings were planned as part of several events to commemorate the Marine Corps 250th birthday.
The aircrafts landed around 5 p.m., causing quite the spectacle.
Dozens gathered to watch the impressive display, despite the loud noises and whipping winds.
“We were blown away, almost literally. I mean, backwards. It was crazy, but it was so fun,” said Mindy Rich who is visiting Boston from Arizona.
A couple visiting from Germany says they’ve never seen anything like it.
“It feels really big, we saw it here on the sky coming in,” said Ralf Witscher. “My wife said ‘Oh what’s this!’ because we saw normally military helicopters coming in, but this one was really big and a really special helicopter plane, whatever you say so really great, landing right here in the city, right in the middle of the city, in a park area, it’s really great, that’s the U.S.”
Captain Kevin Uebelhardt has been traveling the country with the U.S. Marine Corp for these events and says now it’s Boston’s turn to celebrate the 250th anniversary.
“This job is humbling. Every single day I get to go out and connect with American citizens throughout the country and tell them about the job in the work that we do,” Capt. Uebelhardt said. “We’re here. There will be tons of events happening the entirety of the week we encourage you guys to come on out come say hello. We’d love to meet you.”
Marine Week Boston officially kicks off Thursday morning, with a host of events running throughout the weekend.
A full schedule of events can be viewed on the Marine Corps website.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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