4th of July passages (2 of them atdtda related)

[Dave Monroe]

On 7/5/07, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> 1) last night somebody, or group of somebodys, paid beaucoup
> dollars to put on a fireworks show in the little triangular
> park (well, it's little, but not as little as that little
> triangular park in New York City that is so famous) right
> across the street from our house.  A panel truck drove up,
> just as it was getting dark, emitting a few gentlemen with
> torches which they applied immediately to the contents of crates
> which'd already been stacked in the grass.
> Our quiet neighborhood, normally bare of pedestrians, was filled
> with hundreds of people on front lawns and sidewalks, also
> lighting off their own displays.
> No patriotic speeches, no banners, just a lot of pyros.
> It was cool.

Now THAT'S the Spirit of '76.  Blowin' stuff up!