If you listen to the pablum of some of the more militant pundits, you'd think us folks in the Blue States completley ignore patriotic pomp and circumstance and let July 4th pass by, and we all pass the day away in cannibalistic hippie orgies.
... We like good, old fashioned American traditions like bowing crap up just fine, thank you very much.
And thank you!
I love early July-- fireworks abound!