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Sky High Stakes: What Event Organizers Need to Know About Fireworks in 2025”

The countdown to America’s quarter-millennial is on—and the pyrotechnic arms race has officially begun.

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David Adler
Jun 30, 2025
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the barbecue smoke and founding father cosplay—this Independence Day, the real power brokers aren’t on parade floats or in grandstands. They’re behind launch tables, whispering “standby cue six… fire,” surrounded by circuit boards, satellite cues, and a week’s worth of adrenaline. These are the men and women of America’s fireworks elite—the pyrotechnic…

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