Your CCC wraps himself in the flag

People ask your CCC where he likes to go for the 4^th of July holiday.  Now that has to be one of the silliest questions ever posed.  Why would I want to go anywhere?  People come from all over the world to come to Center City to celebrate America’s independence.  For me, it’s just a short bus ride or walk to be part of all the activities.  Besides, your CCC is a sucker for fireworks, and what better place to see them than right here in Center City Philadelphia.  Once content to see the display at the Art Museum, the CCC’s have started journeying around the city to view them.  They shoot them off over Penn’s Landing a couple of times during the 4^th of July festivities, the Phillies always put on a good show, but the best of them is right here in my neighborhood, over the Art Museum, on the 4^th of July after the concert on the Parkway.  It’s the longest show around, going on for 20 minutes with a beautiful backdrop of the museum.  If you ever come to see the show, leave your car at home and take a bus or the train.  There is a ton of traffic in the area; locals argue which is more fun - sitting on their steps and watching the traffic before or after the event.  I prefer afterwards, drinking a few cold ones, or eating an ice cream cone and watching the outlanders try to navigate the tiny, traffic-choked streets as they attempt to find the quickest way home.  Like I tell them, if you lived in Fairmount you’d be home already.  So get out and enjoy the fireworks in your neighborhood, it’s uplifting and patriotic all at once.