Comments on: The Aroma Of The Fourth

By: gary

gary — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:22:00 +0000

The most powerful crackers were the sparkly silver coated ones with the fuse in the side and were called “Bull Dogs”. They would go off under water. Broke a board in the bottom of a full wooden stock tank with one of those back in the late forties.

By: Claude M.

Claude M. — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:10:57 +0000

Well, Sioux Falls had to have a casino in Iowa help buy the fireworks,
but it was still a great show.
I,m just curious….how can little tiny towns like Lennox, Freeman,
Inwood, and a zillion others manage to buy there OWN fireworks, yet
the biggest city in the state can’t ?
You’d think some of the big mega buisness people dotting the city could
or would help donate.
Sure, the tiny towns are’nt spending as much for fireworks, but they also don’t have the big city $$$$ floating around.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:02:10 +0000

My husband would crawl up the outside of the solo and throw a cherry bomb down inside and it was heard for miles. Almost like a atomic bomb.

By: Per Pål P

Per Pål P — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:56:59 +0000

Was there ever a “firecracker” called the TNT Bomb? And Ja Bob…..a finger and more. Uffda…They were terrible…But… maybe kinda fun? I know my grandchildren don’t read this blog…so I can say that.

By: JD

JD — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:00:51 +0000

the barrel-shaped weapon was called a “Silver Salute”

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:22:15 +0000

The silver barreel type firecrakers we called “Silver Salute”, probably was more than one name for them. Those and Cherry Bombs could take a finger off in a hurry if you were not careful.

By: Stuart Surma

Stuart Surma — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:32:41 +0000

Our Aunt, Uncle & 2 boys from Chicago used to come to our farm every year over the forth of July. They couldn’t buy or shoot fireworks by Chicago so they would buy a big box of fireworks here & we would have a fireworks show at our farm every year. My daughter got married this past weekend in the hills , and my 2 cousins from Northbrook, Ill. were there remembering the good old days of the 4th’s we shared together! Stu Surma

By: Per Pål P

Per Pål P — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:19:46 +0000

Ja…I remember doing that. What were those big “silver barrel” type firecrackers called ?
T N T Bombs ? I think they came in several sizes including one that was about an inch in diameter, maybe an inch and a half long with the fuse in the side…. Uffda…they were POWERFUL…Not only blow a can in the air…they’d blow a can up….I’m sure glad I got to use them….I’m gladder yet that my grandkids don’t even know about them. At least I think they don’t know about them.

By: Hemmingsen

Hemmingsen — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:13:36 +0000

Does anybody remember, as a kid, scavenging for duds, breaking them in half, lighting the middle and stomping on them with you shoe? Bang! Don’t know why it worked, but it did.

By: Per Pål P

Per Pål P — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:12:48 +0000

It was always a great time when we got to “sneak the back roads” to South Dakota from Westbrook, Minnesota to “stock up” on fireworks….I sure miss those big Cherry Bombs…and the big firecrackers with the wick in the side….As kids, we would put a cigarette on the wick….then head for another part of town and watch the local cop try to find out who and where…(hmmmm maybe he knew…do you think?) were the kids setting off those extra loud reports. I sure do miss those days…