I love fireworks but I had an interesting experience with them today that put a damper on that for good. My sister's boyfriend is a Iraq war (not the Gulf War) veteran with ptsd, and he left our house and went home around 5 today because he quite literally can't comfortably be around extremely loud noises or in particular, loud noises off in the distance, without it affecting (negatively, obviously) his disposition.
It is a bit of a quandary that American citizens celebrate the freedom our military provides for us in ways that some veterans themselves do not appreciate or want.
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