{"id":913079,"date":"2026-07-05T00:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/913079\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:35:18","slug":"4th-of-july-celebrations-for-americas-250th-birthday-across-usa-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/913079\/","title":{"rendered":"4th of July celebrations for America\u2019s 250th birthday across USA: Live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fireworks sales across the nation are skyrocketting ahead of the country-wide 250th birthday smash \u2014 potentially setting an all-time record for sales, according to a report.<\/p>\n

Phantom Fireworks \u2014 which operates over 100 brick-and-mortar stores and over 2,500 tents and stands across the country \u2014 told News Nation<\/a> that the fuse has been lit on sales.<\/p>\n

\"\"According to a recent report, fireworks sales are skyrocketing for America 250. Kristopher Radder\/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP<\/p>\n

“Yesterday was a record-breaking day for our company,” Jessi Dragoiu, Phantom Fireworks vice president, told the outlet.<\/p>\n

“A lot of new customers are excited to try fireworks for the first time,” the executive of the Pennsylvania-based company said.<\/p>\n

“We’re definitely seeing an increase in the average spend and what the consumers are purchasing.”<\/p>\n

“But a lot of it could just be for the excitement for the 250th. And the shows are going to be bigger this year, and I think there’s going to be more of them,” she added.<\/p>\n

\"\"“Yesterday was a record-breaking day for our company,” Jessi Dragoiu, Phantom Fireworks vice president, told News Nation. Kristopher Radder\/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP<\/p>\n

Millions of fireworks are expected to be set off on Saturday with some industry experts predicting the totality of the explosives to exceed 2022’s record of 461 million pounds, the report stated.<\/p>\n

Firework show organizers in Washington, DC, are attempting to set a Guinness World Record by launching 850,000 fireworks shells from 10 locations over the course of a 40 minute show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fireworks sales across the nation are skyrocketting ahead of the country-wide 250th birthday smash \u2014 potentially setting an…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":913080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,25417,69,10202,6687,28133,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,30367,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,13594],"class_list":["post-913079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-america-250","tag-donald-trump","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-live-blogs","tag-macys-fourth-of-july-fireworks-show","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sail4th-250","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-washington-dc"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116864570415017704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}