President Trump Just Proposed An Original, Awesome Idea For The Fourth Of July

President Trump proposes making the Fourth of July
all about him because of course. 

How's this for an idea to celebrate our nation's birth.

On July 4, have a nice, big parade, with bands, floats and cheering crowds. Throw in a great afternoon of picnicking and partying, then top it all off with a big fireworks display.

Nobody thought of this great idea until our fearless leader, President Donald Trump announced the idea today. 

Well, OK, there have been juuuusst vaguely similiar events on the Fourth of July for many years.

Such as what happens on July 4 every year: A nice, big parade, with bands, floats and cheering crowds. Throw in a great afternoon of picknicking and partying, then top it all off with a big fireworks display.

But Trump announced the idea today. So it's new! And his idea has an added bonus: "An address, by your favorite president, me!"

Of course, if Trump isn't your favorite president, I guess you're not invited.

Never mind that Washington DC has been home to a Fourth of July celebration for decades at least. Now, it's going to be all about Trump. Because everything has to be all about Trump. I mean this blog post is all about Trump. See?

Trump's Fourth of July idea seems to have garnered a few skeptical responses on Twitter and elsewhere.

Most of the comments are along the lines of, you idiot, we do that kind of thing every year.

U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA wrote on Twitter:

"If this goes well, I think we should follow it with a big party in Times Square the night before New Year's Day."

Wow! All these great ideas emerging! What will they think of next?

In Vermont, You Gotta Be Traditional (And A Bit Weird) On Fourth Of July

The annual Bristol, Vermont Fourth of July parade is
preceded by the Great Annual Outhouse Race.  

For the Fourth of July this year, Jeff and me trekked down to the pleasant town of Bristol, Vermont to meet my sister and brother in law for the Fourth of July parade.

You can't get more traditional than this.
Of course, I brought my camera so you can scroll down and see some of the images for yourself.

Bristol has a nice little downtown with old buildings in the hills of Vermont, and the parade has the usual assortment of fire trucks, horses and the other things you'd expect in a classic Fourth of July parade.

This being Vermont, though, it also gets weird.

It looks like the calvary has arrived for the Bristol,
Vermont Fourth of July parade.  

Before the parade starts, there's the Outhouse Race, in which people build outhouse like contraptions and hurl down the main street of Bristol, with someone sitting inside the "outhouse" of course.

And you get some clowns and some, um, fashion statements.

You can't get through a Vermont Fourth of July without a little flair, right?

Clowning around at the Bristol, Vermont Fourth
of July parade.  

This determined guy was also in
the parade 

Here's quite a fashion statement
at the Bristol, Vermont
Fourth of July parade 

Miss Vermont adds a bit of glamour
to the Bristol, Vermont Fourth of July parade.