One thing that the Fourth of July is known for is fireworks! So, in that grand tradition, I’m running some videos of fireworks! Be sure to enjoy them!
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Happy Independence Day! Here’s the second in a series of articles by Beverly Hernandez on About.com regarding the holiday:
>>The Fireworks Family
New Castle, Pennsylvania, is home to the Vitale Fireworks Display Company, responsible for more than one thousand fireworks shows every year. In 1922 Constantino Vitale brought his expertise at making fireworks from Italy to the United States. He passed his secrets on to his four sons, and since then the company has been making Americans exclaim “ooohhh” and “aaahhhh” at the lighted colors in the sky on July 4 and other occasions. “It’s like putting on a ballet show except that the dancers were above, painting the sky,” says Vitale’s granddaughter. “Seeing that spectacular display in the sky made me really love the country.”
It’s a time of tight budgets everywhere due to a bad economy, so it comes as no surprise that the Fourth of July festivities are not going to be quite as … festive … as they have been in previously better times.
Here’s a story about it from USA Today:
>>City Budgets Snuffing July 4th Fireworks by Stacey Jones
Cities across the USA are dousing the fuse on Fourth of July fireworks displays this year because of continued budget woes.
Glendale, Ariz., Jersey City and Springfield, Mo., are among the latest cities that have canceled their traditional Independence Day celebrations, joining other cities including San Francisco suburb Redwood City and Ridgefield Park, N.J.