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Remember when everyone flew the flag on
the porch throughout the summer months?
Remember when your mom made lemonade
and deviled eggs for the neighborhood picnic,
your dad decorated the kids' bikes with red,
white and blue ribbons for the block parade, and, finally,
at dusk, sunburned children and giddy adults gathered
'round to wave sparklers and watch the bottle rockets
shoot toward the moon?

Maybe this is the year to re-create a Fourth ofJuly cel- ‘d: Huntington Woods. Invite friends to help you celebrate
ebration around which memories are made. Grab the our nation's birthday. After all, a parade or a concert
Wicker hamper and start packing. There's no better time shared with family and neighbors is the perfect way to
for an old-fashioned picnic. And many area communities spend a midsummer's day.
offer the perfect setting for enjoying cold fried chicken,
While we reflect upon the freedoms afforded us in this
Grandma's potato salad and a sweet, juicy slice of wa- country, hundreds of people from around the world will
termelon.
be officially sworn in as U.S. citizens during a special cer-
Savor these tastes of sum-
emony at Hart Plaza. So if you're
mer while listening to a con-
lucky
enough to view one of the
cert at Meadow Brook or
area's Independence Day parades,
watching the fireworks in
respectfully heed the words of poet
Henry Holcomb Bennett, "Hats offl
Practice your oohs and aahs at these fab-
ulous fireworks displays. (See Celebration The flag is passing by!"
The following events offer all the
listings for additional fireworks shows.)
makings of a fun-filled, nostalgic
July 2: Fireworks, Oak Park High School Fourth ofJuly weekend.
football field, Oak Par10248) 691-7414.

StarStadded Spectacitile

July 4: County Picnic & Fireworks, Free-
dorn Hill, Sterling Heights; (810) 979-
7010.

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July 5: 50th Anniversary Celebration
Fireworks, Camp Dearborn, Milford; (313)
943-2285.

Fireworks Extravaganza

City of Southfield, Civic Center front
lawn, 26000 Evergreen Road; (248)
354-9603. 7 p.m. tonight, June 27.
An explosion of fun awaits at
July 5: Good Old Summertime, Stony Southfield's evening of patriotic fer-
Creek Metropark, Shelby Township; (810) vor. Flag-canying skydivers descend
781-4242.
_upon the crowd at 7 p.m., followed
by a reggae concert by the local
Caribbean-style band Black Mar-
ket. Stay tuned for The Motor City Brass Band and its
There's no better time
for a picnic than the
selection of rousing Independence Day tunes that ac-
Fourth.
company the apres-dark fireworks show.

July 5: Fireworks Display, Hudson Mills
Metropark, Dexter; (800) 477-3191.

