Say what you will about this wacky little town, but when it comes to the 4th of July fireworks, they know what they're doing. It is non-stop fireworks for a good 20 minutes, and when I say non-stop, I mean multiple explosions a second. I've got some video of the finale, below. The fireworks are synchronized to an orchestra playing the 1812 Overture. It's so cool. (Unfortunately, my neighbors were playing cool jazz, oh well). The grand finale starts to build about halfway into the video below, definitely watch it from there.
Here are a few pics I took down at the national mall a few years ago, they're some of my all time favorites. Some guys were standing in front of me, so I decided to just incorporate them into the shots - these were not doctored at all.
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