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How do fireworks actually work? Iowa operators took us behind the booms.
J&M Displays employee Callie Williams works on wiring fireworks for the Freedom Festival fireworks on the Second Avenue bridge in Cedar Rapids on Thursday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) CEDAR RAPIDS — Among holiday celebrations, nothing quite holds …