“Everybody’s been kind of saying it’s Christmas in July,” Ulman said. So no matter what, you always get a different variety.”īut do quick, colorful explosions in the air compare to the nuclear explosions of the video game “Fallout 4” or computer-generated dinosaurs of “Jurassic World”? “It has 24 different shots, four tubes in it,” Pierson said. There, worker Zephania Pierson said the Lock & Load mortar kit is big.įor anyone not keeping track at this point, there’s kind of a theme here. “You light it, and it pops out and a parachute guy will come down.”Īt Lakeview Square Mall’s parking lot at 5775 Beckley Road, a Phantom Fireworks tent has opened. “The kids love the parachuters,” Ulman said. “It drops down and it makes the big explosion in the sky.” Columbia Ave., Ann Ford said she’s selling more this year than last.

In The Wizards Fireworks tent next to the Popeyes restaurant at 91 E. They’re a common sight this time of year: big-box stores roll out their big displays, but in parking lots across Battle Creek, tents pop up stuffed with fireworks. The feeling is still there, too, according to area fireworks retailers. When the Fourth of July rolls around, we’re gripped by a need to somehow recreate the inspiring vision that, in 1814, prompted Francis Scott Key to begin writing what would be come “The Star-Spangled Banner.”Īlthough we prefer these days to watch fireworks instead of actual artillery fire, and watch them from the comfort of backyard barbecues and not from the brig of a British ship, the feeling is the same. Every Independence Day, Americans blow things up.

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