Comments on: Your July 4? http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: FilkeeVT http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/#comment-75615 FilkeeVT Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:35:51 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/#comment-75615 A parade (including Gov. and Lt. Gov.) in my small town in Vermont that the fire engines had to bail out of in the middle of due to an accident on the interstate. An afternoon on a friend's organic vegetable farm by the river. An evening gig on the green with my band that includes two local government officials and the local postmaster. Pouring down rain until the third song and then throngs of people and fried dough and Dave Alvin's 4th of July and Aimee Mann's 4th of July and tearing down the gear while the fireworks exploded above and my 2-year old daughter (with ear protection) shouted "boom" with every expolsion. A parade (including Gov. and Lt. Gov.) in my small town in Vermont that the fire engines had to bail out of in the middle of due to an accident on the interstate. An afternoon on a friend’s organic vegetable farm by the river. An evening gig on the green with my band that includes two local government officials and the local postmaster. Pouring down rain until the third song and then throngs of people and fried dough and Dave Alvin’s 4th of July and Aimee Mann’s 4th of July and tearing down the gear while the fireworks exploded above and my 2-year old daughter (with ear protection) shouted “boom” with every expolsion.

]]> By: peggysue http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/#comment-75614 peggysue Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:50:14 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/#comment-75614 At about 10:30 I taped a sign on the bookstore door that read “Be Back After The Parade� and walked down to the corner to watch Friday Harbor’s Fourth of July parade. It starts out with the American Legion and I think they really enjoy that gun salute. Then come the Pig War re-enactors. Same uniform as the Civil War Union but instead of Confederates we have Canadians in red jackets, no bagpipes this year though I am sorry to say. Anyone who wants to can be in our parade. A few years ago I was Betsy Ross accompanied by Ben Franklin and a colonial rabble. We passed out copies of the Bill of Rights. This year the League of Women Voters dressed up like 1890s Suffragettes. The Whale Museum had people and dogs in Orca costumes. That reminded me of the year I had the bad idea to dress up three Holstein calves (for you city folk those are the black and white ones) like Orcas. It was tough keeping a dorsal fin upright on a frisky calf. Then, while I was sorry to miss bagpipes this year the band was good! It looked the High School Band did some extra recruitment for the occasion. At the end all the fire trucks and emergency vehicles go by making lots of noise and throwing lots of candy. You can’t live on this small Island very long without gaining an appreciation for our volunteer fire department and EMTs. Friday Harbor is a tourist town and I think the Island I live on is a “Tristan da CunhaI� of sorts for some people but our parade is just a small home-town parade. I love my town. I guess that is why I love our parade. to see photos of the Friday Harbor 4th of July Parade…. http://www.sanjuanislander.com/events/fourth_of_july/2006-fh-parade-1.shtml At about 10:30 I taped a sign on the bookstore door that read “Be Back After The Parade� and walked down to the corner to watch Friday Harbor’s Fourth of July parade. It starts out with the American Legion and I think they really enjoy that gun salute. Then come the Pig War re-enactors. Same uniform as the Civil War Union but instead of Confederates we have Canadians in red jackets, no bagpipes this year though I am sorry to say. Anyone who wants to can be in our parade. A few years ago I was Betsy Ross accompanied by Ben Franklin and a colonial rabble. We passed out copies of the Bill of Rights. This year the League of Women Voters dressed up like 1890s Suffragettes. The Whale Museum had people and dogs in Orca costumes. That reminded me of the year I had the bad idea to dress up three Holstein calves (for you city folk those are the black and white ones) like Orcas. It was tough keeping a dorsal fin upright on a frisky calf. Then, while I was sorry to miss bagpipes this year the band was good! It looked the High School Band did some extra recruitment for the occasion. At the end all the fire trucks and emergency vehicles go by making lots of noise and throwing lots of candy. You can’t live on this small Island very long without gaining an appreciation for our volunteer fire department and EMTs. Friday Harbor is a tourist town and I think the Island I live on is a “Tristan da CunhaI� of sorts for some people but our parade is just a small home-town parade. I love my town. I guess that is why I love our parade.

to see photos of the Friday Harbor 4th of July Parade….

http://www.sanjuanislander.com/events/fourth_of_july/2006-fh-parade-1.shtml

]]> By: mcasemo http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/#comment-75613 mcasemo Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:55:18 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/your-july-4/#comment-75613 Lolis Eric Elie summed up the 4th for New Orleans. http://tinyurl.com/nue8u Lolis Eric Elie summed up the 4th for New Orleans.

http://tinyurl.com/nue8u

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