Siesta Key, near Sarasota. On the beach for fireworks. Yes some government authority shot fireworks up but they paled in comparison to those set off by individuals, who also sent lanterns by the dozen into the air, and I'm not sure who else was shooting fireworks off, maybe it was the different hotels or maybe each named beach, I don't know. It was the greatest extravaganza of individual effort, governmental and commercial effort I have ever seen. Some of it I watched having gone into the Gulf of Mexico by the light of the half-moon. This allowed us to see the panorama of all the fireworks along the beach from one end to the other. I never saw anything like it, and I still hear the booming of fireworks outside. This started about 630 and it's now close to 1130. Happy birthday USA
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