Used to be a one hour fireworks show and it took two hours to fight the traffic on a normal 15 minute commute back home. Last year the fireworks only lasted 20 minutes and the finale was so lackluster people didn't know it was over and they waited around while I hightailed it out. I hope the weather is fine and the wind blows in my direction since I probably will stay home and watch it on the news. Just love the smell of spent solid propellant and gunpowder.
It seems the rockets don't go as high, sound as loud, or have much differentiation between them. And it's not uncommon to hear Glad to Be American drowned out by hateful sounding rap music coming from some youngster's cars. I suppose they're trying to show us what real independence means.