Henry Payne for July 03, 2018

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This seems as unintelligible as everything else he draws.

The good old days when we kids could battle each other with Roman candles.

It was John Adams, not Franklin who promoted fireworks to celebrate the 4th. I’m sure Ben would have liked the show, but he was in France from 1776 until 1785. By which time the custom of Fireworks on the Fourth was well established.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/07/history_of_fireworks_in_america_why_do_we_celebrate_fourth_of_july_with_fireworks_.html

^ Well, there’s little else to celebrate, now that you’ve jettisoned all decency and human values.

In the words of a founding father…The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more