ARTHUR, IL – Larry Schlabach, a former member of the Amish community turned pyrotechnic, spends all year preparing for it.
A homemade cannon with bowling balls as ammunition gave Schlabach, his brothers and his cousins — all of whom were raised Amish — their start in pyrotechnics.
Many members of the nearby Old Order Amish population — about 4,500 strong — sit atop the roofs of their sheds, barns and houses to watch the fireworks and flames.
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