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Founding Father John Adams once wrote that American independence should be celebrated with "illuminations from one end of this continent to the other"

According to estimates by the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA), the average July 4th in the U.S. will see about 14,000 public fireworks displays. In 2021, the last year for which the APA provides figures,