It is reported that John Adams (our 2nd president), on being informed that it was the 4th of July, a few hours before his death in 1826, said, 'It is a great day. It is a good day.' Thomas Jefferson (our 3rd president) had died just a few hours before, also on July 4th, 1826!

A bit of the red, white & blue for all who live in the USA:

4th of July Picnic

Originally Posted By SirDave (4 JUL 2012 10:11am)

It is reported that John Adams (our 2nd president), on being informed that it was the 4th of July, a few hours before his death in 1826, said, 'It is a great day. It is a good day.' Thomas Jefferson (our 3rd president) had died just a few hours before, also on July 4th, 1826!

nteresting history !

ENJOY; all you folks !! :~ ))

And a happy 4th to you too Sir Dave.

Looks like we may just get another thunderstorm this evening, and  as long as the electricity stays on Im good with it.

 We have been so dry here its a little scary that a fire could start with all the fireworks. But if it rains like it did last night ( I can only hope ) we should be good.

Originally Posted By SirDave (4 JUL 2012 10:11am)

It is reported that John Adams (our 2nd president), on being informed that it was the 4th of July, a few hours before his death in 1826, said, 'It is a great day. It is a good day.' Thomas Jefferson (our 3rd president) had died just a few hours before, also on July 4th, 1826!

Maybe that's where the Klingons got their saying 'Today is a good day to die!'.  

finally i can use this emoticon 

I got to watch the fireworks from my living room last night.  They had them in the shopping center parking lot behind my house, and we could also see them in the next town over from us.  However, mother nature trumped everything with a spectacular line of thunderstorms that roared through here about a half hour later.  Not as colorful as the rockets, but certainly more impressive.  

Same here lady K. My dog was terrified, he had the double whammy, thunderstorms and fireworks. I am also babysitting my sons 2 dogs and even though they are not as bad as my dog it was hard getting any of them to go out to do their business till the middle of the night when they couldnt hold it anymore and all the hoopla died down. :s

They cancelled the fireworks in my town, only got to see a few from the individual people that shot them off around here.

It was just so dry and hot lately, hit over 108 the other day.

Miss the days of being a kid, when you'd get fireworks yourself and do stupid things that kids would do (IE boottlerocket/roman candle wars, was incredibly stupid but fun as a kid, my cousins/brother and I did it every year until we got a bit too old for it and wisened up).  Even remember one year after that, in high school, a friend and I bought some to shoot off and in his old beat up pickup truck going down the highway I lit a roman candle inside and held it out the window as he was driving and shot it, almost hit some poor older guy on a lawnmower, sure he didn't expect that ! LOL. Don't do anything that stupid/childish anymore but it was fun while it lasted.

 I saw the clip for the fireworks in San Diego.  What a bummer.