Our Annual Patriotic Bacchanalia Dawns

Well, here we are again:  the glorious 4th is upon us.  The legal fireworks won't begin until dusk as all they have going for them are the lights.  You need darkness to fully appreciate the twirling lights.   But the illegal ones.  Ah, yes.  They've been going on and off all afternoon.  One is apparently not sufficiently patriotic in the absence of explosive devices   Pyromania is all right in its place but unless you can detonate extremely loud explosions sufficient to terrify the neighbourhood pets, bring back PTSD in some of  the local veterans, and rattle the pictures on my wall you're just not trying.

This year some of the local freedom-loving brethren have added a sound system in their front lawn with a soul-deadening, multi-decibel, thumping bass.

Can H.M. King George III actually have been all that bad?

[Addendum:  Apparently these folks could use some lessons from our neighborhood.]