Unexpected Fireworks
Our town’s volunteer fire department used to put on a big (really) fireworks display, but that tradition ended two years ago. People really miss it, but we have other nice small-town ways to celebrate … and something totally unexpected last night.
On Tuesday evening, the ice cream social (free ice cream!) and community band concert at the town square drew a couple hundred happy folks. Wednesday morning there was the traditional non-motorized 4th of July parade (featuring decorated bikes, etc.) in nearby Accomac. After the parade everyone gathered on the historic town green for a reading of the Declaration of Independence, popsicles and another community concert. The county library in Accomac also held a book sale.
We had a cookout at my mother’s house in Onancock, and when it got dark my sister set-off some fireworks on the front lawn.
That’s when the unexpected fireworks started. A block away, down by the creek, a group gathered and set off some nice ground fireworks and some good aerial ones too. Over by the school, somebody shot off quite a few large professional-type aerial rocket fireworks. A restaurant at the wharf put on an impressive display. And when I got home, a few people were shooting good-sized aerial fireworks from the empty carnival grounds parking lot next door. Cool.
Fireworks everywhere in a town that wasn’t supposed to have any! Kudos to everyone who celebrated Independence Day by making a little noise.
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