J&M Displays employee Callie Williams works on wiring fireworks for the Freedom Festival fireworks on the Second Avenue bridge in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo CEDAR ...

This video shows the basic concepts that are used to create professional firework shells.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — The United States of America will mark 248 years since it declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Over time, fireworks have become a staple of ...

Matt Shea has photos of himself at age 9 during a bicentennial celebration in 1976, wearing a tricorn hat. “Fifty years ago, a fireworks company would visit the fire department. They shot the ...

Fireworks are as quintessential to the Fourth of July holiday as fresh-off-the-grill hot dogs. Perhaps not surprising to anyone who's witnessed a fireworks display, weather plays a crucial role in the ...

Crews were hard at work Monday afternoon on the rooftop of the Planet Hollywood to make sure America’s Party fireworks display goes off without a hitch. For the past 18 years, Fireworks by Grucci has ...

Even TV events with built-in dramatic explosions get a bigger boom with a returning star. NBC's 49th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks viewing party on July 4 (8 ET/PT, and streaming live on Peacock ...

Another mystery fireworks show rumbled across Puget Sound, this time in Commencement Bay. The Saturday night show off Tacoma came almost exactly one year after thousands of people saw bright fireworks ...