Bombs bursting in air

As I moved my car late in the evening on 4th of July to a spot in front of Josh’s parent’s house I had to make my way through a neighborhood that strangely resembled a war zone. There were fireworks in the streets that I had to weave my car through, explosions in the sky rain down ash, car alarms going off from the concussions. Is it not the strangest thing that we celebrate our freedom in this country by recreating the hell of war? Shooting fireworks into the sky that resemble the “bombs bursting in air”, buying packs of explosives that resemble pipe bombs, and firing off guns into the air. Does anyone else find it strange that a day of celebration resembles news footage from the beginning of the Iraq war?