Why Cities and Towns Pick Fireworks, Drones, or Both for Independence Day

At least one Founding Father had strong opinions about how America’s birthday should be celebrated every year ‘forever more.’
Why Cities and Towns Pick Fireworks, Drones, or Both for Independence Day
Visitors watch the Independence Day fireworks display near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, on July 4, 2021. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images
Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
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OCALA, Fla.—To boom or not to boom?

That is the question coordinators of big community events face nowadays in planning Independence Day festivities.

Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
Nanette Holt is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter and senior features editor covering issues of national interest. Ms. Holt has had more than 30 years of experience in media and has written for Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, and others.
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