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Why Do We Blow Up Fireworks on the 4th of July?
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July 2, 2015
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July 2, 2015
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2:14Now PlayingWhy do Americans spend every 4th of July blowing stuff up? What does that have to do with celebrating their independence from Britain and the birth of their country? Not a whole lot, but it's something that they've always done.
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Why We Set Off Fireworks on the Fourth of July
The Rockets’ Red, White, and Blue Glare
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 35
TL;DW Long story short- Americans blow up stuff on the 4th of July because they always have, since when they first became a country, and John Adams was not only a Founding Father of the country, but the Founding Father of this tradition of blowing stuff up.
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