2 hours in and 2 hours out??!!
I don’t blame you for not going. Where did you attend the event? In Central Park NY City?!
My town (about 18,000 residents) has July 4th fireworks sponsored by the local chamber of commerce and free ice-cream in the park behind the public library. You can walk, or park your car down the street. Bring a lawn-chair and a blanket. People know each other, and kids can play while adults visit with each other. Its a conservative town, rather Normal Rockwell-esque and I love it.
I’m convinced that if the FEDs and even State Gov’t ceased to exist, we in our town could come up with a solution to nearly every problem we could ever face. Local Gov’t was how America became great - and how we once used to govern ourselves in this country.
My town has a free concert with fireworks at the end every year, with a big name singing. We just go to see friends and the fireworks, don’t usually attend for the big name singers. (Wynona Judd this year, Lonestar, Diamond Rio, the Miracles other years)
The Air Force Reserve Band plays first and when the Star Spangled Banner plays, the F-15s do a flyover. The crowd goes wild.