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b'Independence Day in the US means different things to different people. When GamerDude was growing up, sparklers\\xa0and the town fireworks were part of the tradition. He tells the stories about how sparklers were THE big thing. He remembers his family\'s\\xa0efforts to enjoy the bicentennial of the United States. That involved trying to see the "tall ships" and the biggest fireworks display ever, while his dad still tried to avoid lines and traffic. GamerDude remembers his trip into New York, as a young adult, to see the Macy\'s fireworks display, and All. That. Walking. And he tells the story about how, as a teenager, he smuggled fireworks home from vacation one year so that he could have his own fireworks display for the family on the following Fourth of July. It went off without a hitch.....mostly.'