Red, White & Boom
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Red, White & Boom is the name of a number of annual fireworks shows in the United States, held on or near July 4 to celebration the nation's Independence Day. The title is a pun on "red, white, and blue," the colors of the American flag.
One of the largest, perhaps the largest, is in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Attendance typically averages 500,000 people but has been as high as 750,000. Red, White & Boom was started in 1981 by WNCI and WCMH-TV and is paid for by corporate sponsors.
2004 began a new era in Red, White & Boom as Pennsylvania-based Pyrotechnico took over production of the show. Previously, production was handled by Missouri-based Sunset Fireworks.
Red, White & Boom takes place the last weekday before July 4, to allow nearby suburbs and smaller cities the chance to have fireworks on the 4th without any competition.