Yikes! I’m a bit behind on the blogging. 🙂
We spent the Fourth of July weekend in Philadelphia. What a perfect place to be for this particular holiday. When we landed at the airport we saw a group of people who were there to meet a soldier returning home from Iraq. The group pulled up to the curb in a procession of old cars and motorcycles all sporting American flags. Then they lined the stairs next to the escalator and prepared a great welcome for this soldier. I was really moved by the fact that a group of people would take the time to make sure one of our soldiers was welcomed home in style. I asked if I could take pictures and was told by one of the larger men there that I could and if anyone gave me any trouble to punch them in the nose. Luckily, I didn’t have to do that.
On the Fourth, we walked around downtown Philly for awhile. We went to Independence Square and discovered that it was the celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. They had all kinds of people dressed up and sharing information about life in the 1800’s. Of course, there was also a group of protestors there. Matt wouldn’t let me go over there because some guy was wearing a shirt that basically said Jesus is OK with hate. Jesus is not OK with hate, and I think that man needs to know it, but Matt kept me on the other side of the street, so I didn’t get to tell him.
While we were in Philly, we of course had to go to a Phillies’ game. The game was actually on the Fourth of July, so they had a pre-game program to honor veterans. They rolled out the biggest flag I have ever seen! It was a really fun time.
One of the things I love everytime I go to the east coast is getting to see lightning bugs. We don’t have these in California, and I am completely fascinated by them. Matt caught a couple for me to get pictures of, but getting pictures of them actually lit up is a little harder. I’m going to keep working on that next time I’m there.
