OCALA, Fla.—To boom or not to boom?
That is the question coordinators of big community events face nowadays in planning Independence Day festivities.
The tradition of shooting off booming fireworks annually to celebrate America’s birthday goes back as far as the nation itself.
Still, some celebration planners now prefer the newfangled buzz of twinkling drones darting through quiet skies to form intricate, animated shapes, such as a rotating Statue of Liberty, a soaring eagle with flapping wings, waving American flags, or a trio of saluting service members.
Many cities and towns have chosen in recent years to eschew explosions in favor of drones for an array of reasons….