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onenote

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1. The Reflecting Pool has been a launch site for July 4 fireworks for years and years.

Reply to Bumbles (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 01:52 PM

Jul 6

https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=B12DB289-6E17-4D7D-9E14-B94095C676E8
https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/news/2016-independence-day-celebration.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/07/04/fireworks-show-to-burst-with-patriotic-song/71767a56-9ae7-40ad-b40b-a117911e70dc/

I flew into DC from Wisconsin -- where I had been attending a family funeral -- on the morning of July 4. I saw several barges anchored in the Potomac River that were among the various sites used to launch the fireworks.

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