MARTINSVILLE, Ohio—Along a Clinton County country road, adjacent to a winter wheat field, July 4 magic is in the making—all year long.
This nondescript 110-acre parcel is where the Rozzi’s Famous Fireworks crew incubates ideas and assembles its regional, national, and international shows—upholding a family legacy that originated in Italy more than a century ago.
While the company puts on close to 400 shows per year, almost 100 of them happen on and around Independence Day throughout the Midwest and the Eastern United States.
“It’s hard work, and everything rides on the Fourth of July,” said Joe Rozzi, the company’s vice president of sales and pyrotechnics designer. “When you guys are looking forward to having a barbecue on the Fourth of July, we’re working all year long for the Fourth of July; that’s what we do.”…