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                                   Bada-BOOM!
                                        
To celebrate the Fourth of July [1], Brevard [2] closes Main Street (Main
Street! And a block north and south on Broad Street, the main road through
town) to vehicular traffic for an all-day festival.

[This was taken at some ungodly hour of the morning. It got more crowded as
the day went on.] [3]
 [4] 

There were plenty of artists, food stalls, games and rides to keep the
thousands that showed up busy. Even the rain didn't discourage anyone from
slowly meandering about (the rain just made the meandering more frantic at
first, then slowed it down a bit).

By the time of the fireworks show, 9:30 PM at Brevard College [5], Main
Street had been opened, but a quarter mile segment of Broad Street, from the
Transylvania Courthouse [6] north towards the campus (the Courthouse is at
the top of a hill) had been closed off to allow people a good view of the
fireworks show.

[Bada-BOOM!] [7]

Photo by Bunny


After the show, it was quieter in Brevard than our own neighborhood [8]. I
don't know if that's because of stricter enforcement of fireworks
restrictions, or those setting off The Good Stuff™ just live further away
from town.

I'm guessing the latter.

[1] https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/fourth-of-july/
[2] http://www.city-data.com/city/Brevard-North-Carolina.html
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2015/07/04/thumb-Street.jpg
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2015/07/04/Street.jpg
[5] https://brevard.edu/
[6] http://www.nccourts.org/County/Transylvania/Courthouse/
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2015/07/04/Bunny-works.jpg
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2011/07/04.1

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