Fulton community members held fourth of July peace festival to reduce fireworks violence Published
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ)
Members of the Fulton community with the help of the Fulton Police Department organized a firework festival on Sunday in Carver Park.
Hundreds of people gathered at the park for a basketball tournament, rap battles, a car show, food and drinks and to end it all, a firework show.
The festival was organized by locals in the community, city officials and law enforcement to stop people from shooting fireworks at each other.
In previous years members of the community in Fulton, Columbia and Mexico Missouri would participate in fireworks wars on and around the Fourth of July holiday. Firework wars are battles with roman candles, missiles, and other fireworks.