Posted on 07/04/2020 4:42:49 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
West suburban Glen Ellyn celebrated the Fourth of July with a patriotic decorating contest after canceling its annual fireworks display due to coronavirus.
The Clifford family showed off their winning decorations, including a flag on their front lawn that they painted by hand and the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence handwritten on the driveway.
Peter Clifford said "a little bit of freehand, a little bit of liquid courage and a lot of paint" went into his masterpiece. His wife Megan scraped through three sticks of chalk to write out those truths we hold to be self-evident.
"And of course Monday it rained," she said. "And so I was out here early this morning rewriting it all."
(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...
Very nice indeed....
Good for them.
Here, nothing has been cancelled or pulled back.
Right up the road from me.
You beat me to it. This thread needed the picture. Good job!
Not related to the story but gotta love that house!
What street is that?
793 Forest Avenue
There is a house that kind of resembles that one on Taylor ave. in Glen Ellyn so I was wondering if that was the one. Thanks.
A few blocks from where I grew up!
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That’s a good one very creative — and very American.
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