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What Are Smoosiers Doing for the 4th of July?

Posted by Nwokedi C. Idika on June 29, 2008 at 9:25pm in Questions and Answers

This will be my first time being in Indiana during the 4th of July weekend, so I'm wondering is there anything special that typically happens?

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Permalink Reply by Jim Brown on June 30, 2008 at 7:30am: Good idea Steve! I actually got an early birthday present (My birthday is the 4th of July), and it was a new American Flag and a new Marine Corps Flag.

I'll be celebrating our freedom with friends and family this weekend, and giving thanks to all of those who have participated in keeping us free.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on June 30, 2008 at 8:44am: The IDADA First Friday event is still going on. My in-laws are coming to town that day, so I'm taking them down to Mass Ave for the First Friday event, and then we're going to Wug Laku's studio because there is a great view of the fireworks from there, without fear of getting pelted by the pieces of cardboard from the fireworks, which is what happened to us last year.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrew Ball on June 30, 2008 at 10:39am: We're going to Wug's also - but just to see his current exhibit. Then we'll sit on the roof of my office which is across the street from the fireworks and has a direct view of the bank building. Unless, of course, we're having too good of a time at Wug's...

Oh, and of course I'll put out my flag.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on June 30, 2008 at 4:32pm: Wear a helmet. We were sitting in the MacNiven's parking lot two blocks away, and I was hit with a piece of cardboard about the size of my Blackberry that came from one of the fireworks tubes.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nancy Digman on June 30, 2008 at 4:41pm: Erik, it sounds like you still have issues from being bombarded with bits of cardboard. Did you have to pay extra for that? Because that sounds totally cool. Especially if they were still on fire. Wait, I didn't say that....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lalita Amos on June 30, 2008 at 12:07pm: First time in Indiana for the Fourth, eh? Good on you!

We're going to cook out here and invite many of the neighbors as well as my Dad from Lafayette (I'm a Purdue grad, too, Nwokedi). If you're not doing anything else (and are the adventurous sort), consider dropping by for a plate of good food and conversation with friends you haven't met yet. We'll be serving up grilled veg, chicken and sausages or burgers (turkey--no mammal), salad and the like and I'm going to make ice cream and, maybe, ginger beer.

We might even set you up with your own cache of fireworks!

We, of course, will be watching Will Smith save the earth in Independence Day, and thinking how how fierce we all are when truly united.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Erik Deckers on June 30, 2008 at 4:31pm: I was about to say turkeys are mammals, and then had to rethink why that would be wrong on so many counts (said the guy who spent 10 years working in the poultry industry!).; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lalita Amos on June 30, 2008 at 6:21pm: Um, Eric. I'm glad you caught yourself. You gave me quite the laugh.

Little Milton sang: "Grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry and Mona Lisa was a man," speaking of the absurd. We can now add "turkey ain't mammal," though it isn't as lyrical.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nancy Digman on June 30, 2008 at 12:22pm: Looks like a party at Wug's! That's where I will be, too. Brilliant Hoosier artist Jim Gerard will be shown at this IDADA First Friday special event. Special 'cause only a few galleries will be participating and because it is a Wug's, the most unusual gallery space in town according to NUVO. Good eats, wine, and tunes in a friendly gallery space. Then I will be enjoying some fireworks afterwards with friends.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kyle Lacy on June 30, 2008 at 2:35pm: Come on Troy, you are making Nwokedi's post look like myspace. :)

I will be in the beautiful city of Peru, Indiana attending a wedding. Who has a wedding on the 4th?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lalita Amos on June 30, 2008 at 2:42pm: Kyle wrote: "Who has a wedding on the 4th?"

Not I. Have fun, though.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hazel "The Queen" Walker on June 30, 2008 at 2:53pm: I am holding up in a Bed and Breakfast to get some serious writing done for my publisher and co-authors, while taking the time to enjoy some quiet meditations and nature! Avoiding ALL Crowds of people!

I hope there is a good turn out at Wugs.; ▶ Reply to This

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