Patriotism Or Satire

It occurs to me that some of these shots from the Fourth of July Parade, particularly the first one, could go either way. I am an American but I consider myself human first.

Note the iconic Spirit of St. Louis airplane in the second photo. There is something about the postures of Elvis and his friend a couple of pictures down that bothers me.             
                            

The Fourth of July

Mrs. C and I went downtown last night for dinner and the big fireworks. No one was disappointed.

Yesterday morning I shot the VP Parade. The meaning of that requires a short essay and it's too late Thursday as I write this to do it justice. Hope I can can get back to it. One of the people standing near me cleverly figured out that I'm always behind the camera and never in the pictures. So he took the bottom shot of me at work using my phone.

Lots more to come.