Even TV events with built-in dramatic explosions get a bigger boom with a returning star. NBC's 49th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks viewing party on July 4 (8 ET/PT, and streaming live on Peacock ...

Matt Shea has photos of himself at age 9 during a bicentennial celebration in 1976, wearing a tricorn hat. “Fifty years ago, a fireworks company would visit the fire department. They shot the ...