1.0 link 222574 <![CDATA[Fireworks and the Fourth]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-kelly/fireworks-and-the-fourth_b_222574.html For most Americans, the mention of the Fourth of July brings to mind visions of fireworks before thoughts of the Declaration of Independence. How did fireworks become so inextricably linked with this important national celebration of our nation's freedom?

The use of small explosives for celebrations is said to date to ancient China (200 B.C.E.).
The Chinese discovered the merits of something popping, scaring people, animals, and evil spirits, when they threw green bamboo into a fire while cooking. Bamboo...

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