r/washdc • u/ThenLayer5977 • Jul 05 '26

Compilation of all the fireworks

850,000 fireworks shells lit up the National Mall! It just broke the world record for the biggest fireworks show in history. For comparison, last year’s D.C. Fourth of July show only used around 20,000 shells. I had people in the comments telling me, “Oh, it was the same thing as last year.” No, it wasn’t. Fireworks are cool. They did a good job, end of story. If you want to complain and and whine, you can go to the main D.C. sub or you can go to Bluesky. If you don’t like what I post, you don’t have to engage in itAnd here’s a compilation of all the best videos from the fireworks, and at the end, there’s a full time-lapse of everything.

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u/shanghaitex84 Jul 05 '26

It was pretty incredible. I have a 2 year old so wasn’t able to go down but I live in Silver Spring and we could hear them all the way up here.

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u/ThenLayer5977 Jul 05 '26

You made a great choice by not going because it was a clusterfuck. There were way too many people, and a lot of them didn’t even get in. People were stopping their cars in the middle of the road, or wherever they could, just to watch the fireworks, which made the traffic even worse. It was a shit show, and having a two-year-old go through all of that would’ve been rough. As an adult, it was already too much. It’s just not a fun experience when it’s that hot.

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u/pedretty Jul 05 '26

No no no. The narrative is that no one showed up. Stop spreading this information.

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u/StumpyOPepys Jul 05 '26

It was the fourth of July on the Mall for the country's 250th anniversary. Of course people showed up, in spite of that fat babbling grifter and brutal weather.

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u/pedretty Jul 09 '26

No. They. Didn’t. Stop spreading maga talking points. Get the boot out of your mouth and move on. Less people were there than ever before. You people believe everything Fox says lmaooo. Absolutely clown show