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Jul 01, 2022, 10:00 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Nammu
I used to like the forth. It was a fun day that started with parades. My cousins and I would wear our 6 shooters with fresh rolls of caps to the parade and shoot them in the air. Must have bothered the horses in the parade but they were well trained. Then we’d have a picnic lunch at home with aunts, uncles and cousins. Then after dark we’d go to the fireworks. But now there’s no parade here. The one in the other towns have no horses and I don’t think kids are allowed to have cap guns. They moved the fireworks downtown where theirs no parking. I don’t know it seems the forth changed in the 80’s to just an excuse for adults to act out and get drunk. I don’t go near the crowds anymore. I don’t trust others to be sober so I don’t want to be on the road. I just stay home and yell at kids to “get off the lawn”  |
I hear you. When I was growing up and when my own kids were growing up the 4th was such a nice mid-summer holiday. The parades were so much fun, as were bar-b-ques and picnics. The fireworks at night were absolutely beautiful! Neighbors enjoyed each other's displays. No matter the neighborhood, there was a sense of community pride. People took pride in handling fireworks safely. It was a holiday to respect the good of the U.S. But now we're an angry, divided nation and that shows in so many ways.
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