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EDITORIAL: Fireworks are Beautiful, But Also … Kind of Just the Worst

by WI Editorial Staff July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Many jurisdictions have implemented — and enforced — strict regulations on fireworks.

Traditional Fireworks Displays and Parades to Resume for Fourth of July

by James Wright Jr. June 30, 2021December 21, 2021

Employees and several local fireworks vendors protest on the steps of the Capitol Works warehouse in northeast D.C. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Black Fireworks Industry Left Out of Local Festivities

by Sam P.K. Collins July 1, 2020December 21, 2021

Fireworks light up the D.C. sky over the Lincoln Memorial. (John Sonderman/Destinations DC)

Black Experience, Local Business

Black Business Owner Sues D.C. Over Rejected Fireworks Permit, Claims Bias

by James Wright Jr. June 25, 2020December 21, 2021

Photo Galleries

2019 Emancipation Day Parade, Concert, and Fireworks

by WI Webstaff April 18, 2019December 21, 2021