Love in Theory

Andrea Coldwell

Collection: SC250

April 13, 2026

Prompt: Describe how fireworks on Independence Day make you feel (positive or negative). What do you think of when you hear/see them?

Love in theory

Scared pets, scared kids, ptsd

Fire on the river, Chesapeake, OH/ Huntington, WV

Crowd at the Capitol (2009/2010?)

Peaceful spectacle, never knew how much this is meant to invoke artillery fire

Who + How? This was a civic (not family) event where I grew up

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the complicated nature of independence