Independence Day

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Remember running around the yard in the evening after the family picnic with sparklers? Sitting on my aunt's big front porch with my father watching the professional fireworks display, too.

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We were never allowed to have anything that even resembled fireworks, firecrackers, etc...

Our neighbors would get a visit from relatives in Texas each year and they would bring an assortment of fireworks with them to thrill the kids on our street.

I also remember a couple of years when we rented a cottage on a local lake. One of the permanent residents would have fireworks displays on his camp's floating dock in the middle of the lake, people would also have road flares/sparklers on their canoes and rowboats.
 
F1880CD8-F624-4CC9-9906-8BB123C72BA5.jpgHappy Independence Day to our fellow neighbours.
You people are just the cutest, most adorable.
Yes I remember swirling those sparklers around ... so much fun.

Aunt Bea. When we lived in England we had Guy Fawkes Day! ( I probably spelled that wrong but it’s late and I am not looking it up ) ok I did. :laugh:

Anyway, It was a big bonfire that the entire neighbourhood would go to and all the fireworks would be set off in one place. My mom would make treacle toffee which is basically made from molasses and sugar. Horrible stuff for the teeth but we loved it regardless.

Have fun you crazy Americans and don’t drink too much
 
One thing for sure, pets don't like the fireworks that go off on NYE or the 4th. However, the one year we went to a fireworks display in a vacant field, in Colorado, someone had a beautiful German Shepard and a Siberian Husky there. To busy watch the fireworks show to see how the dogs acted when the "booming" started.

One other note: When to a pre-4th fireworks show last night at a local church. It was free, with free parking, but the church sure made money from their food tent. Problem was...…..everyone was expecting the fireworks to go off over a small pond behind the church, where everyone was sitting. Other fireworks shows they've had were done over that pond, but not this year. When the "booming" started, it was from behind everyone. Everyone had to turn their chairs around! Then, unfortunately, the smoke from the fireworks came right over the crowd. The fireworks could be seen, but there was plenty of smoke mixed in with them. I'm sure the church will get complaints about that.
 
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