RestoreTheRiver
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While I know it's all in fun, will you forgive me if I don't regard you as "too old" or too blond" to remember?
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RestoreTheRiver
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We'll have the family gathering, and the cookout. There are no fireworks here on the 4th anymore. Before the 4th, yes. But, nothing on the day itself. What has our 4th of July celebration come to?
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Margolit
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The writer of the song, Francis Scott Key, was aboard a ship watching during night as the British bombarded Ft. McHenry during the War of 1812. But in the morning, the flag still waved over the fort.
So, IMHO, there is a symbolic connection between fireworks and "bombs bursting in air".
It makes sense to think he would, don't you agree?
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Thank you Margolit, that is an interesting piece of history!
I quite agree about the symbolic connection!Do you think that most people are thinking along those lines when they see the fireworks or are we the only ones who do?
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RestoreTheRiver
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Looks like some profound questions have arisen out of this whole 4th of July issue. Perhaps we need a separate discussion, rather than just the question game here?
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Would it be good to just have a thread in our section? (Though the 4th is all but upon us now.)
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