re: The fireworks on PBS of "Capital 4th" we're flat out awesome

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Democrats probably even hated the fireworks.

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At day’s end, there was even a twist on the venerable fireworks show that has boomed over the Mall for decades. The president’s event included an added display launched from behind the Lincoln Memorial, so close that bits of exploded paper rained on the VIP enclosure. But smoke, clouds and distance made the burst nearly invisible to those farther away.

“It’s definitely a bummer,” said Jeff Rossin, 24, visiting from Santa Barbara, Calif. “This looks like a War of 1812 reenactment, when they couldn’t see anything.”

The original show, which was moved to a new launching point in West Potomac Park, was similarly obscured for some, leaving many grumbling that the new arrangements had lessened the view.

Shandra Edwards, 47, who comes every year from Maryland and declared this year’s display “awful.” She hadn’t known the view would be best from the Lincoln Memorial, which was too small to fit the whole crowd in any case.

“That’s a problem; that’s not normal,” she said of the VIP-tailored show. “We’re all taxpayers .?.?. I’m fired up.”

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