Why Cities and Towns Pick Fireworks, Drones, or Both for Independence Day

Why Cities and Towns Pick Fireworks, Drones, or Both for Independence Day

OCALA, Fla.—To boom or not to boom? That is the question coordinators of big community events face nowadays in planning Independence Day festivities. The tradition of shooting off booming fireworks annually to celebrate America’s birthday goes back as far as the nation itself. Still, some celebration planners now prefer the newfangled buzz of twinkling drones darting through quiet skies to form intricate, animated shapes, such as a rotating Stat…