When most of us think "fireworks," we think of brilliant bursts ... In this feature, pull back the wrapping on a typical aerial display shell and see what it looks like before its glorious ...

How many times have you driven home from a fabulous fireworks display and tried in vain to describe your favorite variety? "You know, that big red one with all those curlycue things?" Lacking ...

where a crew of pyrotechnic experts were setting up the fireworks on Wednesday. “So right now, what I’m doing is, we have to drop all the shells into the mortars. These are 4" shells, display ...

“The fireworks show features spectacular 8-inch shells that will soar 800 feet into the sky and burst into dazzling displays nearly 800 feet wide. Over 1,000 floating flares will illuminate the ...