The U.S. capital prepares for the biggest fireworks show in history amid stifling heat
TOI reporter in Washington: Tipu Sultan’s Mysore artillery shells were converted by the British into Congreve missiles, leading Francis Scott Key to note the “red glare of the rockets” in The Star-Spangled Banner , and nearly two centuries later the American capital was about to discover that fireworks, no matter where they came from, were … Read more