Washington, DC, will celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 4 with the largest fireworks display in U.S. history — a 40-minute spectacle featuring 850,000 fireworks.
That’s nearly double the typical National Mall display.
The show will span more than a mile across Washington, launching simultaneously from eight barges on the Potomac River, West Potomac Park, and firing sites running the length of the Reflecting Pool, according to Politico Playbook.
“More than 60 technicians have spent the past week assembling the display, using fireworks sourced from the United States, Italy, Spain and Asia.”
Pyrotechnico President Rocco Vitale told Playbook his company has been planning the show since January. The soundtrack features patriotic crowd favorites like “Party in the U.S.A.” and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.”
President Donald Trump previewed the event in a Truth Social post, announcing a massive rally he’s calling a “Tribute to America.”
“This HUGE Celebration will honor our Country’s People, Spirit, Strength, Resolve, and Triumphs,” Trump said.
“With the backdrop of the Lincoln Memorial and surrounding the beautifully new Reflecting Pool, more than 300 Members of our strong and talented Military Bands, Orchestras, and Ceremonial Units, will perform Patriotic Melodies and American Classics, and my Playlist (We will have none of those people that put you to sleep and constantly complain!), as we celebrate our Country, and Rally into the next 250 years,” he added.
Trump said the ensemble will be the “largest formation of Joint Military Music and Ceremonial performances in History.”
“There will be incredible Flyovers and Airshows featuring our Top Military Pilots and Equipment, and I will deliver keynote remarks that you will not want to miss,” Trump said.
“To conclude the program, and commemorate this Historic Occasion, I will be launching, what will be, the LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY, right here in our Nation’s Capital.”
Lara Trump told The Alex Marlow Show that this display will be “the biggest fireworks display in history there in Washington DC.”
The Trust for the National Mall confirmed the display will include more than 850,000 fireworks and organizers are attempting a new world record.
