Another Fourth of July holiday has come and gone. It was a happy experience for almost everyone in the Northwoods. A few people, though, yearn for the good old days when more potent fireworks were available. But did that make the holiday any better? Historian Gary Entz looks back at early earlier Fourth of July celebrations. A recent glance through a newspaper revealed this lament: “The small boy of today doesn’t know what he’s missing—though his father does. For the Fourth of July ain’t what it