Flags are all over, women are wearing red white and blue, and out here in the country it started sounding like a war zone on Sunday. This year has th e most awesome home fireworks I've seen since the late 1980s.
The public displays are back to "good economy" size and duration. Our local big city has been spending less the 15K$ for the same lousy budget set of music and low burst height fireworks choreography for the past four year s. This year the mayor and the business community went to a big traditiona l show again.
I can tell when the economy is bad around here by one sure sign. If Retail businesses and resturants stay open on a major holiday things are bad. This year everything was closed, including most fast food places.
People in Northern Ohio were really spending money on this years Forth.
Steve