BLAST FOR THE PAST
Party animals had their work cut out for them this long Fourth of July weekend, which blasted off for some revelers on Friday and won’t end with a bang until tonight.
Around the Southland, there were picnics, concerts, family and friend get-togethers and plenty of sun.
Tonight, fireworks will paint the skies over parks, stadiums, lakes and the ocean.
If you want to get technical, the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
That’s when revolutionaries such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock decided they were fed up with the British telling Americans what to do and then taxing them to boot.
These men and 53 others signed the document that brought our country into being.
So go fly your red-white-and-blue to honor our past and then join your neighbors for some barbecue.
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