Growing up, the Fourth of July was always magical for Autumn Bland Hudson.
The Akron resident spent her childhood attending Columbus’s Red, White and BOOM! celebration, the state’s largest fireworks display.
“Being a kid in the ’90s, rollerblading there, getting all the glow sticks, and it’s like a fair basically in the middle of the summer,” Bland Hudson recalled. “I just was always so mesmerized by the fireworks.”…