I'm hoping the progressive Democratic Party can provide an alternative to Trump's planned 4th of July Party...

[wcmagumba]

His garbage is set for the National Mall and he has already started it will be some kind of a Trump Rally...ewww...

[LuvLoogie]

1. I have no possessive attachment to this milestone anniversary. Thunderdome on the Whitehouse lawn seems appropriate,

given this guy is president twice and MAGA would vote for him a 7th and 8th time. Oh, and history in general.

[wcmagumba]

2. I've always loved the 4th of July, my family even ran fireworks stands from our front yard for several years...

We were just outside the city limits of our small town on a busy road and sold tons of fireworks...My parents used the profits to take myself and three sisters on several Branson, MO vacations which we loved...not to mention cheap or free fireworks for our own use...I had fun...

[LuvLoogie]

10. When we moved to the burbs out of Chicago, we got a house across the street from the high school.

There is a huge field in front of the school. People would/will throw blankets on the grass to watch the fireworks from there, which they would launch from the back parking lot entry drive. My parents divorced in late 90 something. Dad died in 2015 . My Mom stayed in the house, and we would always drive out to her to watch the fireworks. Mom passed in August 2018. We watched the fireworks from there one or two more times before we cleared out the house and turned it over to the bank. (My sister had talked her into getting a reverse mortgage.)

Yeah, the fourth doesn't really hold the same meaning without my folks around.

[snowybirdie]

3. Lets all just

Have our family celebrations and ignore whatever is on the tv. We all need a break from the idiot. No mention of him all day. Picnics, games, fireworks and hugs for our loved one's 😍

[wcmagumba]

5. That's all good but I have no family or nearby friends...Old guy with no kids and I'd like to watch

a Trump free national celebration...They do usually have a fireworks display from the local HS which I can see from the nextdoor Senior Center parking area...I'll buy a couple of fountain fireworks from a local vendor and set those off as I have done in past years...woo hoo...

[snowybirdie]

8. Maybe Volunteer

At a Senior Center or VA hospital. People need others

[wcmagumba]

9. Good idea, I live near the community's Senior Center (100 ft away) and across the street is a full blown

Senior Retirement Center (I think it is one of those "not so happy" lodging homes for seniors. I'll check into this...

[Scrivener7]

11. No mention of him all day is a really good idea. I'm going to spread that around the ones I do 7/4 with. Thanks!

[chowder66]

4. The closest thing is the America's Block Party

Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Stapleton are set to perform America’s Block Party at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on the Fourth of July. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

Hosted by Queen Latifah, the event is being thrown by America250, a nonpartisan organization established in 2016 by Congress’ United States Semiquincentennial Commission, which is officially charged with overseeing the country’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Tickets are fittingly priced at $17.76 each, with proceeds after fees benefitting Feeding America through America250’s new Giving 4th initiative, which encourages participants to give back via pledges for charitable donations. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, June 16 at 10 a.m. PT. Additionally, 5,000 tickets will be donated to first responders, veterans, and service members.

......

The America’s Block Party announcement from America250 follows the nixing of the separately organized Freedom 250 concert series, which President Trump scrapped in favor of a rally which he said he will now headline. Initially organized by Keith Krach, a Trump appointee, the Freedom 250 concert series fell apart after artists billed to perform — including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, the Time, the Commodores, Young MC, and more — exited the lineup, with many citing that they felt misled when they were told it would be a nonpartisan event.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/smashing-pumpkins-chris-stapleton-america250-benefit-show-1235578269/

[wcmagumba]

6. Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to check it out...

[chowder66]

7. You're welcome.

[pat_k]

12. How about a new declaration of independence signed by every single ...

Democrat in the House and Senate and listing the usurpations and crimes against us in plain language with reading events across the country?

How about that?

If they can't get their act together and find consensus on such a document, it is hard to understand how they expect us to believe they can build back better.

Of course, I'll be fighting like hell, but I'd sure like to see such a declaration. People from Hopium Chronicles have been lobbying for this since he took office and the crimes began. A document like this could go a long way to inspiring and unifying behind our new class of patriots.