Category: Fourth of July

Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Burgers

Fourth of July is right around the corner, and everyone knows that in order to celebrate the holiday in style, you must have top-notch food. And while the king of the cookout is usually a perfectly grilled steak, this year there’s a new kid in town. Wow your guests this Fourth of July with this bacon and cheese stuffed…


Red, White and Blue Chocolate Bark for the Fourth of July

How do you plan to celebrate your Fourth of July weekend? Heating up the grill with family in your backyard or at your local park? At the beach stuffing your face with hot dogs and burgers before taking in a fireworks show? No matter where you picnic or what you throw on the grill, there’s one easy, sweet treat that will make you feel…


How to Celebrate With Fireworks in Orange County

Fireworks are banned in many Orange County cities, but some allow “safe & sane” fireworks. Safe and sane are generally neither projectile nor explosive. Ground spinners, pinwheels, crackling items, sparklers, fountains, and most novelty products are examples. Some cities designate areas for firework stands to operate and sell legal fireworks that are State Fire Marshal…


Fourth of July Wine Sparklers Are Fun and Festive

Fourth of July recipes can be so fussy, instructing you to carve watermelon baskets, make precise stripes of fruit on flag-shaped desserts, and whip up elaborate, food coloring-tinted layer cakes. Yeah, definitely not my thing! Enter these spritzers…er, sparklers. (See what I did there?) A cocktail with two ingredients, made right in the serving pitcher,…


80-Year-Old Navy Vet Dreams of Planting Flags at Snelling Cemetery to Honor Parents — Then He Gets His Day

It was a day to look forward to, definitely one to remember. Minnesota Navy vet Kenny Jary was gushing tears when he learned he’d snagged a date with Fort Snelling National Cemetery to plant flags before countless rows of headstones, commemorating the fallen heroes of this land the day before Memorial Day. Part of the…


We Must Save the 4th of July—and Ourselves—From Cancellation by the Left

Commentary While I wrote “The 56” in desperation as a way to warn against the far-left’s stated desire to “cancel” the Fourth of July and our Founding Fathers, it isn’t a Fourth of July book. Rather, it’s an everyday plea that “If we don’t collectively jump into that ‘arena’ made famous by Teddy Roosevelt’s 1910…


Celebrate the Fourth of July With This Fresh Salad

Grain salads are always a good solution to cooking on hot summer days, since you can cook the grain in the early morning, leaving your kitchen cool for the rest of the day. I like experimenting with different rice and wheat varieties as the foundation for cooling summer salads, and I particularly like the toothsome,…


Military Sons Surprise Parents by Coming Home and Marching in Hometown 4th of July Parade

Look at the proud parents! What an honor to have two sons serving our country. Thank you for your sacrifice!


Chicago Fourth of July Weekend Shootings Leave 19 Dead, 104 Wounded: Reports

The Fourth of July weekend was Chicago’s deadliest yet this year, with local media outlets reporting that 104 people were shot, leaving 19 dead. The shootings tally, compiled by the Chicago Sun-Times, noted 13 children wounded, including a 12-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy injured by gunfire in a single incident, and a 5-year-old girl…


Southland Police Department Flooded with Illegal Fireworks Calls

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Many neighborhoods sounded like war zones July 4 as people set off illegal fireworks to mark Independence Day despite repeated pleas from fire officials around Southern California to attend public pyrotechnic displays. Sheriff’s department dispatchers have fielded “nonstop calls,” said Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Deputies on patrol are citing…