Why do Americans spend every 4th of July blowing stuff up? What does that have to do with celebrating their independence from Britain and the birth of their country? Not a whole lot, but it's something that they've always done.

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Sources used for this video:
Why We Set Off Fireworks on the Fourth of July
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The Rockets’ Red, White, and Blue Glare
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The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 35
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TL;DW Long story short- Americans blow up stuff on the 4th of July because they always have, since when they first became a country, and John Adams was not only a Founding Father of the country, but the Founding Father of this tradition of blowing stuff up.

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