D.C. FIREWORKS SOON AS NATIONAL MALL REOPENS
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John Adams predicted July 4th fireworks — in 1776!
In a letter to Abigail on July 3, 1776, Adams wrote the holiday should be marked with 'Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other' — nearly 250 years before D.C.'s National Mall reopens for exactly that.
The National Mall's July 4th show fires ~10,000 shells in 17 mins!
The annual display, produced by Pyro Spectaculars by Souza, draws nearly 700,000 visitors to the Mall — one of the largest live July 4th crowds in the United States.
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D.C.'s massive July 4th tradition was born at the 1976 Bicentennial!
The 1976 Bicentennial celebration on the National Mall drew an estimated 1 million spectators — the largest crowd in D.C. history at the time — and set the template for today's annual fireworks show.
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This storyDuring WWII, D.C. canceled July 4th fireworks for how many years?
- 1 year
- 2 years
- 4 years
- 6 years
Guess, then reveal the answer
4 years