Vintage July 4th Patriotic Greeting Card with Firecrackers

Someone decided that mailing a greeting card meant sending a personal pile of explosives, and six red firecracker sticks with fuses and metal caps obligingly scatter across a torn-parchment background like festive centerpiece decor to announce that it's July 4th. The patriotic corner stars and American flag motif frame the whole arrangement with a 'this is fine' energy that our Founding Fathers would either love or deeply regret. The quote 'Firm, united let us be, Rallying round our Liberty' is printed in jaunty red and blue lettering, apparently chosen because 'Let's blow stuff up together' wasn't available in the clip art library. The firecrackers are rendered with loving, almost fetishistic detail — individual fuses, gleaming metal caps, rich crimson paper — because if you're going to send someone a greeting card full of ordnance, at least make it artisanal.