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An evening pause: As John Adams predicted right after ratification of the Declaration of Independence, Independence Day “…ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”
It was a declaration for freedom. And even if freedom dies here in this country, the idea will live on, as long as the individual soul of any human beats strong.
As an aside, check out this old post, before I moved to Arizona, when I used to participate on a fireworks team.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
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For fireworks, I must highly recommend:
“Thunder Over Louisville”
2018
https://youtu.be/b-eCtUQSkew
28:29
-Largest annual firework display in North America. Once you’ve seen this, nothing comes close.
If that doesn’t make you smile, you’re dead. Very cool.
@Wayne: I notice that over on Google “Thunder Over Louisville” ranks #4 in the world. That is worth seeing.
“when I used to participate on a fireworks team.”
That is wonderful! My brother used to know a guy who did this, and I was invited to help, one night. What fun it was, as we got to sit pretty close to underneath the show. I don’t quite remember how far the audience has to be from the firing tubes, but it is something like 50 feet per inch diameter of the largest shell. This is why the sound takes longer to get to the audience for each shell size in the video.
Edward–
interesting factoid!
Blair–
“Thunder over Louisville,” is incredible. There is something exploding, literally every second, non-stop, for 30 straight minutes. Once you seen this, any other firework display is sick in comparison. (they utilize 4 barges in the river and shut down the interstate bridge temporarily)
–Not sure of the current budget, but historically they’ve used around $20+ million in fireworks, all of which is corporate sponsored.
Saturday April 13, 2019
Thunder over Louisville
https://thunderoverlouisville.org/