Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 21, 2022
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December 23, 2022
Transcript:
our fireworks heritage illuminations sale on sparkers in 1776, the first roadside fireworks stand, patritick illuminations, opens in south carolina. it is later sold to "south of the border" & renamed "pedro's beeg kaboom room." guy: mr. adams? mr. jefferson? oh, dear. in 1826, former presidents john adams & thomas jefferson are involved in a huge july 4th mishap. a major cover-up ensues. in 1889, the national fourth of july celebration debuts on the mall in washington, d.c. it is an extremely low-key affair viewed by an invitation-only group of vips. the park service, angry about having to scrub out the black stains left on the sidewalks by those "snakes", later puts the official crowd count at 12. crowd: ah. ooh. ah. ooh. uh-huh. fiszztt
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 2 years ago
Love those bits of weird history Richard Thompson style.
jmolay161 almost 2 years ago
A thousand years before COVID, fireworks began in China, and still come from China. Maybe this bit of history is too much of a distraction nowadays.
SpammersAreScum almost 2 years ago
Adams and Jefferson did in fact both die that day. The records say nothing about “a huge July 4th mishap”, so I guess the cover-up worked.
Sisyphos almost 2 years ago
Fireworks aren’t exactly winning fans and influencing people in this ’toon, are they?