Everett Seemann of Garden State Fireworks hooks up the electronics in preparation for Monday’s July 4 celebration. In the 1860s, he apprenticed with the master fireworker to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy; three decades later, he moved to New Jersey and opened his own factory, now called Garden State Fireworks. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)Fireworks are made up of shells that determine what they look like once they are lit up. That will be his approach Monday night, when he plans to pack more than 5,000 fireworks into 171/2 minutes for the Fourth of July celebration on the Mall. Along with the mix of chrysanthemum, peony, crossette and salute firework effects spraying across the night sky, Santore’s favorite is the gold-flitter streamer, a Garden State invention that produces a shooting-star effect with a glittering tail.

Source: Washington Post July 03, 2016 16:40 UTC