On Monday I went to the Bristol RI 4th of July Parade - on the 5th. (Because this year the 4th was on a Sunday, they had to do the parade the next day (Why? Churchgoers, etc.?).) My mom's BFF's mother-in-law has a house on the parade route, so every year we go over their house and attend the afterparty, because if you have a house on the parade route, it is your obligation to host a party and even if you don't, you have to set up like temporary wire fencing around your property so random paradegoers don't set up their stuff on your lawn - and believe me, that's happened before....