We started off the 4th of July at the Chicago History Museum celebration.
In a glorious mish mash of people and time, Abraham Lincoln read the Declaration of Independence (because he was very influenced by it), descendents of Burnham and Bennett gave addresses to honor their great-great grandfathers who wrote the plan of Chicago, and Burnham himself sat in the audience with an oversized umbrella and watched. Miles sat next to Burnham. They were both very interested in the British regiment with muskets.
The British regiment later retreated to a more intimate part of the park to sing God Save The King. It would have been dramatic for the crowd to chase them out, wouldn't it have been?
Uncle Sam led a parade around the plaza. Someone handed him this little dog to carry along the route and wow, I don't know what to say. Overall we had lots of fun (and had a great suprise running into Mindy, Chris and Charlie, just back from Boston!)