Light The Sky

One of the highlights of the July 4th celebration is the fireworks displays that the local cities and towns put on. We were fortunate to be able to see one display from our back yard on the 3rd and we went to Waterville to watch their light show on the 4th. Both displays were spectacular and I believe each year they add more colors and shapes to an already great sky. The tradition of celebrating events with fireworks allows communities to get together and enjoy 20 minutes of colorful, light explosions regardless of who we are or what we believe. For that time, we become just Americans and are not looking to accuse or condemn each other’s beliefs. Fireworks are a chance to become unified as a nation, if only for a brief moment.

Fireworks have been a part of American celebrations even before we were a sovereign nation. John Adams used fireworks in the 1777 Independence Day celebration. So it has been a tradition for 229 years as a celebration of freedom. Of course, fireworks have been around much longer than that. The discovery of fireworks is credited to the Chinese with the invention of gunpowder about 2000 years ago. It progressed from explosions to creating flowery displays that light the sky. From firecrackers to the big sky booms, we have found a way to take out our frustrations and still create something beautiful.



We will have to wait another year to celebrate our nation’s birth again. We should not wait to celebrate how great our nation is. We are the champion of the world, regardless of how some nation’s think. Our goal is to provide one of God’s basic tenets; freedom. Freedom to live a life without tyranny. Freedom to worship as you want. Freedom to become what your life’s potential will allow. That is America. That is what each firework’s display promises. Those 20 glorious minutes of beauty and freedom that light the sky.

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Cobb