July 4th on July 1st

Yesterday the city of Dallas 4th of July celebration was held at Fair Park. Bill and I went. The thing that got us out of the house was that all of the Fair Park museums were free from 4-7PM. We have been to the Science Museum often enough, but have never been to the African-American History Museum or to the Women's Museum. We only made it to the Women's Museum but enjoyed it. It had an exhibit on Women in War and another on various milestones achieved by women and another on the changing face of feminism. We didn't get there until 530 so we really didn't have enough time. Of course, Bill had to spend some time admiring and inspecting the structure.

Anyhow, after that we walked around the fairgrounds. The lagoon now has swan boats - I didn't know that. And the Texas Discovery Gardens were nice. We saw kids on bikes and kids running through the fountains having a great time. It made me a little nostalgic for the time when my kids were little and we brought them to Fair Park to ride bikes. They would ride their bikes through the ground level fountains. Good times! The concert started at 830PM with the DSO in front of the Hall of State and people all up and down the Esplanade. I was really glad we went. The program was nearly the same as the Memorial Day program that we heard in May but they add the 1812 overture. Fireworks started at the end of 1812 and continued through Stars and Stripes Forever. Nothing like 3 Sousa marches to make one feel patriotic.

On the real 4th of July, we will probably go to the concert and fireworks at Las Colinas with James and Melissa. I won 2 tickets to the Dallas Wind Symphony concert at the Meyerson on the 4th at 1PM. That should be fun!