Why Do Americans Set Off Fireworks on the 4th of July? (Patreon)

Why Do Americans Set Off Fireworks on the 4th of July?

Why 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. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images in the public domain or used by permission. Sources used for this video: Why We Set Off Fireworks on the Fourth of July http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-we-set-off-fireworks-on-the-fourth-of-july-470334/?no-ist The Rockets’ Red, White, and Blue Glare http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/07/history_of_fireworks_in_america_why_do_we_celebrate_fourth_of_july_with_fireworks_.html The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=OycXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA373#v=onepage&q&f=false 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.