Dr Pepper Bottling Company is in its 26th year of offering a free fireworks display. However, the annual event did not begin as a way to celebrate Independence Day.The event that ends the city’s Fourth of July celebration began as a way to celebrate a county event.“We actually offered the fireworks display during Warren County’s sesquicentennial celebration,” said Doug Milner, owner/ general manager of Dr Pepper Bottling Company. “It wasn’t on July 4.