[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 11, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO ATLAS ADVANCED PYROTECHNICS, RECENT WINNER OF THE NATIONAL 
     PARK SERVICE'S 1997 INDEPENDENCE DAY AERIAL FIREWORKS DISPLAY

 Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to pay 
tribute to Atlas Advanced Pyrotechnics, the Granite State's largest 
pyrotechnics design firm, on winning the National Park Service's 1997 
Independence Day aerial fireworks display, to be held July 4 by the 
Washington Monument in Washington, DC.
  Atlas Advanced Pyrotechnics is well known in the New Hampshire 
community for some of their spectacular shows like the annual Rock 101 
Skyshow and Jaffery's Festival of Fireworks. Atlas won the North 
American Pyrotechnics Competition in 1994 and was the United States 
representative at the 1995 Benson and Hedges International Pyrotechnics 
Competition in Montreal, Canada.
  Atlas will light the sky over the Nation's Capital with more than 
3,000 shells in 20 minutes. The entire show will be digitally 
synchronized to patriotic music of Copeland, Gershwin, Bernstein, and 
Eubie Blake.
  In addition to this year's fireworks display on the Mall in 
Washington DC, the National Park Service has also awarded Atlas the 
prestigious Harper's Ferry Historical Park display on June 28, at 
Harper's Ferry, WV.
  I commend Atlas for their hard work and dedication that has earned 
them such prestigious awards. I applaud the people of Atlas for their 
accomplishments in bringing joy to the American public. I wish them a 
very happy Fourth of July.

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