When Were Fire Hydrants Invented Novels & Stories

Some people around us were leaning forward because that meant they would start the fireworks. I heard a she-wolf near us tell her children that fireworks had been invented in the 1900s as a salute to the werewolf General Robert E. Lee, who fought so valiantly against the human Ulysses S . Grant. I just rolled my eyes and told Chloe and Grace fireworks had been invented in China over 2,000 years ago to scare off evil spirits and left it at that. However, instead of Sousa, they started off with the 1812 Overture, by Tchaikovsky, with all the bombast and explosions anyone could want. We applauded and cheered and just, from my point of view, tried to be a normal family enjoying the show.