Nearly two months after President Doanld Trump proclaimed Washington, D.C.would launch the "LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY," Guinness World Records confirmed it this week."The largest firework display consists of 840,537 fireworks, and was achieved by Freedom 250 and Pyrotecnico, Inc (both USA) at an event organized by Event Strategies Inc in Washington D.C., USA, on 4 July 2026," the organization wrote on its website.Despite weather delays that involved revelers being evacuated from the National Mall, hundreds of thousands of people still watched the Washington, D.C., fireworks that began just before midnight last month.TOP HIGHLIGHTS FROM TRUMP'S LATE-NIGHT JULY 4 ADDRESS: ‘NO DREAM IN HISTORY IS BIGGER’President Donald Trump estimated in his speech that a crowd of 350,000 was cut to 150,000 on the Washington, D.C., National Mall for the record-setting fireworks display over the Washington Monument as part of the Freedom 250 celebration on July 4.
(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)The president also gave an abbreviated speech beforehand as part of the "Salute to America" celebration for the 250th anniversary of the country.Once it got underway, the show lasted for about 40 minutes.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum explained in June that the fireworks would be launched from several sites because of its immense scale."Normally the fireworks are set off right along here," he told the Washington Reporter of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool."This year, because of the size and scale of the thing, there are so many locations where the fireworks are going to be going off, including barges," he explained.FLASHBACK: AS AMERICAN TURNS 250, HERE'S HOW THE NATION CELEBRATED ITS BIGGEST BIRTHDAYSPresident Donald Trump speaks during "Salute to America" Fourth of July celebrations on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 4, before the record-breaking fireworks display.(Getty Images)The White House launched Freedom 250 as a public-private partnership months ago an...