Invented: Fireworks were invented around 200 B.C. by the ancient Chinese. Many historians believe that fireworks originally were developed in ancient Liuyang, China. The first “firecrackers” were ...

If you don’t see them, you hear them. On any July Fourth or New Year’s Eve, it’s common to experience the loud pop of a firework or see it colorfully explode into the sky and hang there briefly.

Explosions are at the heart of one of the most beloved Independence Day traditions: pyrotechnics—or, as they’re more commonly known, firework displays. This July 4 weekend, people all around the U.S.

Founding Father John Adams once wrote that American independence should be celebrated with "illuminations from one end of this continent to the other" The Fourth of July, also referred to as ...