Fourth of July: Why do we celebrate with fireworks?
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Do you know why it’s popular to celebrate July 4 with a bang?
"I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival..." the future president wrote, per the National Archives. "It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more." The Declaration of Independence was ultimately adopted by the Second Continental Congress the following day. While some public readings of the declaration were met with "impromptu celebrations" from local militia in Pennsylvania and New Jersey on July 8, a formal pyrotechnics display would not light up the sky for another year, according to History.com.More Related News