{"id":646,"date":"2023-07-04T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:18:20","slug":"happy-4th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2023\/07\/04\/happy-4th-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4th of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2023 Detroit Ford Fireworks (replay via WDIV 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 4, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This piece quickly came about as I thought, where could I watch fireworks tonight, being it&#8217;s the 4th of July. Sady, I missed the live telecast, so I found the replay of Detroit&#8217;s Ford Fireworks on WDIV 4. 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It is hot today in &#8216;The D.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Here&#8217;s the&nbsp;<strong>2023 Ford Fireworks from Downtown Detroit,&nbsp;<\/strong>courtesy &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/\">ClickOnDetroit | WDIV Local 4<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oXBJLi8CrQo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=es-MX&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Hope you&#8217;ve enjoyed the show. 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