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Independence Day Brings Nationwide Fireworks—What to Know

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Independence Day Brings Nationwide Fireworks—What to Know
Jaydon Christen stands beside a display at a fireworks stand in Vienna, Va., on July 3, 2024. Joseph Lord/The Epoch Times
Stacy Robinson
Stacy Robinson
7/3/2024|Updated: 7/3/2024
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WASHINGTON—The 4th of July has become inextricably linked to fireworks in the American psyche. Many people who grew up in America will have childhood memories of hot-weather cookouts and the smell of grilling meat, coupled with the barely restrained anticipation of waiting for dusk so the fun could begin.

It’s almost like a reverse Christmas: furtive glances at the colorful boxes that you know will soon be blown to bits, and waiting for the sun to go down just enough for sparklers and bottle rockets to become relevant.

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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]
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