1. Glorious Fourth Roald Tweet 2:40

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. If you are old enough, you may remember the good old days when the 4 th of July was still called “The Glorious Fourth”—those days when it was still possible to set off rockets and cherry bombs and make some real noise. Sparklers and cones that give off six seconds of green smoke are hardly glorious.

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