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Fourth of July this year was good, but strange.

We all went to Freedomfest, tons of fun--but marked by Confederate flags flying more prominantly than the American. (Does that seem wrong to anyone else, or is that "just me"?) We played games, ate snowcones, had bbq and rode rides. Hot and tired, we left around 2pm to put Lydia down for a nap and then do "daytime" fireworks. Lydia played with poppits while we did snakes and coloured smokebombs. Afterwards we had grilled shrimp, corn on the cob and dumplins with homemade strawberry lemonade and apple pie. As we neared fireworks time that's when the storms began and we ended up spending time in the hallway as four tornados formed around town. The town's firework's display was postponed until the next night but we played with sparklers and fountians until Lydia was too tired to continue.  

Comments

[Yoli]

The bunch of confederate flags would have turned me off completely. It did sound like you had a wonderful day though, making so many crafts. So...four tornados formed? I am even scared writing that! I will take my hurricanes thank you.

[Sharon Oliver]

Hi Lissa, I am from upstate NY originally and moved down to NC (Pinehurst) 2.5 yrs ago for my husbands job. We have a house here and plan on staying as we love the "south" area (warmer weather) and being so close tot he beaches, BUT... we have our share of confederate flags and things around here (we are only about 30 miles from the SC border). It totally freaks me out that this still happens and that people here tend to be stuck on that issue (not all people here in NC because there is alot of "North people" as we are called). We totally get freaked out about it! Strange stuff!